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When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
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Federico Nietzsche
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Something
Building
Really
Needed
Way
Learned
Realizing
Worst
Realizes
Process
Began
Experience
Suddenly
House
Finished

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