We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we perciev…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.156, Courier Corporation
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We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.156, Courier Corporation

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