"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed.
One is punished most for one’s virtues.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~
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One is punished most for one’s virtues.
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"Speaking generally punishment hardens and numbs it produces concentration it sharpens the consciousness of alienation it strengthens the power of ...
"We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.
"Ascetic: one who makes a necessity of virtue.
"Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth....
"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.
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"When virtue has slept, it will arise again all the fresher.
"Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance
"today we read of Don Quixote with a bitter taste in the mouth, it isalmost an ordeal, which would make us seem very strange and incomprehensibleto the...
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"Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue!
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