"Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life."
-Georg Simmel
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"Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.“
-Georg Simmel
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"For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction."
-Georg Simmel
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"Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship."
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"In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief."
-Georg Simmel
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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