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Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak. – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
This is particularly important for midwives and pediatric nurses who are the medical staff in whom parents confide most readily, if full use is made of these teams and careful attention is paid to the child as a unique being, the parents will feel less isolated, and will be in a better position to reach the decisions that will affect their future. – Bruno Grollemund	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have a younger, young adult fan base, and so yes, it will reach a lot of younger people, but I’ve also had some of my fans’ parents tell me and confide in me, or even people who don’t have young kids, they’ve told me that my book has helped them, or speaking out has really helped them as well. – Popstar Demi Lovato	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. – Michelangelo	added by anonymous 10 years ago
For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions -- largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done. – Rudyard Kipling	added by anonymous 10 years ago
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. – Albert Camus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

This is particularly important for midwives and pediatric nurses who are the medical staff in whom parents confide most readily, if full use is made of these teams and careful attention is paid to the child as a unique being, the parents will feel less isolated, and will be in a better position to reach the decisions that will affect their future.

– Bruno Grollemund

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have a younger, young adult fan base, and so yes, it will reach a lot of younger people, but I’ve also had some of my fans’ parents tell me and confide in me, or even people who don’t have young kids, they’ve told me that my book has helped them, or speaking out has really helped them as well.

– Popstar Demi Lovato

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

– Michelangelo

added by anonymous
10 years ago

For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions -- largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.

– Rudyard Kipling

added by anonymous
10 years ago

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

– Albert Camus

added by anonymous
14 years ago

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

– Robert Hall

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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