People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standard…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2008). Man Alone with Himself, p.8, Penguin UK
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