You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwis... - Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender! We are all of us pretty fine asses and asseses of burden!"

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