At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only …

Friedrich Nietzsche
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At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1965). The Philosophy of Nietzsche, Signet Book
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