“One of the most important virtues in social life, a virtue that is becoming less common by the day, is discretion.”

— Adolph Freiherr Knigge , book Über den Umgang mit Menschen

Eine der wichtigsten Tugenden im gesellschaftlichen Leben, die täglich seltener wird, ist die Verschwiegenheit.
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)

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Eine der wichtigsten Tugenden im gesellschaftlichen Leben, die täglich seltener wird, ist die Verschwiegenheit.

Erstes Buch, 1. Kapitel, Allgemeine Bemerkungen. hg. von Karl Goedeke. 16. Ausgabe. Hannover: Hahn, 1878. Seite 42 http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3A%C3%9Cber_den_Umgang_mit_Menschen.djvu&page=58
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