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)

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

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