Nov 18, 2008
A great man’s followers are accustomed to blinding themselves so they can sing his praises better.- Friedrich Nietzsche Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 2, p. 530, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Mixed Opinions and Maxims, aphorism 390, “Songbirds,” (1879).
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