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And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

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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
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
Friederich Nietzsche
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Fridrikh Nitche
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Many
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Time
Inventions
Like
Breasts
Pleasant
Invention
Useful
Woman

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