Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs, p.88, Vintage
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