| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 16841 |
| QUOTATION: | Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dorothy Dix (18611951), U.S. columnist. Dorothy Dix, Her Book, ch. 20 (1926). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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