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Georg Simmel quotes: The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

Georg Simmel quotes: Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

Georg Simmel quotes: Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

Georg Simmel quotes: A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesn't know.

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesn't know.

Georg Simmel quotes: Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

Georg Simmel quotes: The educated person is one who knows how to find out what he does not know

The educated person is one who knows how to find out what he does not know

Georg Simmel quotes: Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

Georg Simmel quotes: The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

Georg Simmel quotes: He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

Georg Simmel quotes: Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.

Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.

Georg Simmel quotes: For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

Georg Simmel quotes: Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

Georg Simmel quotes: Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

Georg Simmel quotes: Wandering, (is) considered as a state of detachment form every given point in space ...

Wandering, (is) considered as a state of detachment form every given point in space ...

Georg Simmel quotes: [Nostalgic sentiments] are nothing other than the rosy illumination of a past that has been spared the shadows of the present.

[Nostalgic sentiments] are nothing other than the rosy illumination of a past that has been spared the shadows of the present.

Georg Simmel quotes: Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.

Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.

Georg Simmel quotes: Gratitude is the moral memory of mankind.

Gratitude is the moral memory of mankind.