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Some rule out of a lust for ruling others, so as not to be ruled:Mto these it is merely the lesser of two evils.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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