"Auch scheint es mir, dass das gröbste Wort, der gröbste Brief noch gutartiger, noch honnetter sind als Schweigen. Solchen, die schweigen, fehlt es fast immer an Feinheit und Höflichkeit des Herzens; Schweigen ist ein Einwand, Hinunterschlucken macht nothwendig einen schlechten Charakter,—es verdirbt selbst den Magen."
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[In response to being a victim of foolishness,] The rudest word, the rudest letter, is more good-natured, more straightforward, than silence. Those who keep silent are almost always lacking in subtlety and refinement of heart; silence is an objection. — “Why I am so wise,” § 1.5
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Ecce Homo (book)
1886 – 1888
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (German: Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist) is the last book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was written in 1888 and published in 1908. Throughout the course of the book, Nietzsche expounds — in the characteristically hyperbolic style found in his later period (1886–1888) — upon his life as a child, his tastes as an individual, and his vision for humanity.
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