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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes: Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
         

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.


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