Famous Quotes | If one considers how much reason...

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion, insofar as it sets that three-quarters free and communicates self-confidence and mutual cheerful agreeableness to those who know they are subject to its law. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher. Assorted Opinions and Maxims, aph. 209, published as first supplement to Human, All Too Human (1879).

Categories: Fashion, Philosopher

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