The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus redu…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo, p.8, Wordsworth Editions
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The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo, p.8, Wordsworth Editions

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