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May 23, 2008
unfamiliar paths littered with a thousand abysses
Preaching morals is as easy as finding grounds for them is difficult.
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With what kind of lantern would one have to search here for men capable of inward contemplation and an undivided devotion to the genius and possessing the strength and courage to conjure up demons which have deserted our age!
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Stiff and timid steps will get no one along unfamiliar paths littered with a thousand abysses: the genius, however, runs nimbly along such paths with daring or elegant strides and disdains cautiously to measure his steps.
Nietzsche - David Strauss, the confessor and the writer
Posted by amin at May 23, 2008 1:10 AM