Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.
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