Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
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The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli.Georg Simmel
The possession of full knowledge does away with the need of trusting, while complete absence of knowledge makes trust evidently impossible.
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The eighteenth century called upon man to free himself of all the historical bonds in the state and in religion, in morals and in economics.
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Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
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The most sacred duty of each member is to preserve the profoundest silence with reference to such things as concern the well-being of the order.
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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.
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