I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not t…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1996). The Vision of Nietzsche, Element Books Limited
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I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1996). The Vision of Nietzsche, Element Books Limited

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