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The insatiable curiosity whose satisfaction fills so many columns of personal gossip in newspapers, is reflected in those who intrusively ask private questions where they have no right and no encouragement to do so. It is a breach of good manners, a blow at personal rights. It is a lack of respect for human dignity and independence.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 5 : Spiritual Refinement > # 174