There are no facts, only interpretations.

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  If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

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  One must be a sea to be able to receive a polluted stream without becoming unclean.

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  Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman — a rope over an abyss.

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  One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

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  He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

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  He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.

All aphorisms