Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Whoever possesses abundant joy must be a good man: but he is probably not the cleverest man, although he achieves exactly what it is that the cleverest man strives with all his cleverness to achieve.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Joy
  • Achieve
  • Strives