"If you crush a cockroach, you're a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you're a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria."

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

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Sometimes attributed to Nietzsche, the quote appears in none of his works, the likely origin is a 2012 tweet, where it was not attributed to Nietzsche. There are no earlier examples on reddit and also none on google books.