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War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

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
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
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