"Der Gedanke des sterbenden Nero: qualis artifex pereo! war auch der Gedanke des sterbenden Augustus: Histrionen-Eitelkeit! Histrionen-Schwatzhaftigkeit! Und recht das GegenstĂŒck zum sterbenden Sokrates!"
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Friedrich Nietzsche, Die fröhliche Wissenschaft ('la gaya scienza'), 1882. Aph. 36 nietzschesource.org
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