"In Städten glaubt man, es gehöre zum guten Tone, nicht einmal zu wissen, wer in demselben Hause wohnt."
— Etiquette

January 1, 1970

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In cities people think that it is good manners not even to know who lives in the same building. — Adolph Freiherr Knigge, quoted in Der kleine Rechthaber: Wem gehört die Parklücke und andere juristische Überraschungen (2008) by Claus Murken, p. 79.