The same relation exists between merchant and pirate, who for a long p…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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The same relation exists between merchant and pirate, who for a long period are one and the same person: where the one function appears to them inadvisable, they exercise the other. ✨ Human, All Too Human.
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The same relation exists between merchant and pirate, who for a long period are one and the same person: where the one function appears to them inadvisable, they exercise the other. ✨ Human, All Too Human.

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