Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being mi…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). Beyond Good and Evil, p.181, Friedrich Nietzsche
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