Do not explain too much It is seldom advisable to tell all. William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White, The Elements of Style secrets
To hide or dissemble Fact: The birth agonies of the New IRS led to one of the great and terrible PR discoveries in modern democracy, which is that if sensitive issues of governance can be made sufficiently dull and arcane, there will be no need for officials to hide or dissemble, because no one not directly involved will pay enough attention to cause trouble. David Foster Wallace, The Pale King secretsgovernment
In terms which must be altered [Life] frequently sets its problems in terms which must be altered if the problem is to be solved at all. Dorothy Sayers, The Mind of the Maker UnfoldingCo-Evolution of Problem and Solution Spaces in Creative Design life