Demonstrating One’s Vanity to Friend and Foe
“Many a man, from vanity, maltreats even his friends, when in the presence of witnesses to whom he wishes to make his own preponderance clear. Others exaggerate the merits of their enemies, in order to point proudly to the fact that they are worthy of such foes.”
Nietzsche – Human, All Too Human
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Tao Te Ching: 11
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Human, All Too Human: The Advocate of the Devil
Only by our own suffering do we become wise, only by others’ suffering do we become good…
Tao Te Ching: 79
Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame…
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If a God created the world, he created man to be his ape…
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