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Happiness is not an ideal. Happiness is tepid water on the tongue. -- Holderlin Man does not desire happiness. Only the Englishman does. -- Nietzsche
by pmoriarty 6y ago
Happiness is not an ideal. Happiness is tepid water on the tongue. -- Holderlin
Man does not desire happiness. Only the Englishman does. -- Nietzsche
- discreteevent 6y agoIn haven't read Nietzsche, but any time I read a quote of his, it always seems to appeal to the most power hungry part of my ego.
- marcosdumay 6y agoI have read some of it, but my take-away from everything changed completely once I saw somebody claiming he was being sarcastic. And the thing is, I'm almost convinced he wasn't. But it still changed how I read it.