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The higher culture an individual attains, the less field there is left for mockery and scorn.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.
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God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers- at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!
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The good-they cannot create they are always the beginning of the end.
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We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.
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