"Discretion is nothing other than the sense of……" — Georg Simmel

"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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37 Quotes by Georg Simmel

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Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a…
By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given…
The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science:…
Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension…
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.
Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called…
Fashion is the playing area for individuals that lack interior autonomy and need more support points, but who nonetheless feel…
In the immediate as well as the symbolic sense, in the physical as well as the intellectual sense, we are…
The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the…
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands…
Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

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The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its Contents turn out And Stript of… — Benjamin Franklin
The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only… — Paulo Freire
Why are atoms so small? ... Many examples have been devised to bring this fact home to an audience, none… — Erwin Schrodinger
What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room. — Lisa Alther
Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain-there is nothing in… — Arthur Eddington
Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness… — Carl Jung
I feel that, in a sense, the writer knows nothing any longer. He has no moral stance. He offers the… — J. G. Ballard
Positivity doesn't just change the contents of your mind...It widens the span of possibilities that you see. — Barbara Fredrickson
Deposits of unfinished grief reside in more American hearts that I ever imagined. Until these pockets are opened and their… — Unknown Author
We are fortunate now to become aware of the contents of our mind. With that knowledge we will be able… — Thubten Chodron
As security or firewall administrators, we've got basically the same concerns [as plumbers]: the size of the pipe, the contents… — Marcus J. Ranum
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea… — Marjory Stephenson

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