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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
We operate with nothing but things which do not exist, with lines,

We operate with nothing but things which do not exist, with lines, planes, bodies, atoms, divisible time, divisible space — how should explanation even be possible when we first make everything into an image, into our own image! – Friedrich Nietzsche

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I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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