"Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight."
— Gemstone

January 1, 1970

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Alfred Nobel, as quoted in A Nobel Affair: The Correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess, p. 48, Translated by Erika Rummel, ', 2017.