"We have already gone beyond whatever we have words for. In all talk there is a grain of contempt."

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Aphorists19th-century philosophersComposers from GermanyCriticism of ChristianityExistentialists
Original Language: English

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Variant translation: That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. There is always a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.'