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Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Classical Philologist
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
Friederich Nietzsche
Fryderyk Nietzsche
Fridrikh Nitche
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Joy
Laughs
Alone
Humankind
Suffering
Invent
Happiness
Deeply
Best
Laughter
Humans
Smile
Sad
Men
Laughing
Suffers
Life
Perhaps
Inventing

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