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Whoever fights monsters must take care not to become a monster
Drawn from what Friedrich Nietzsche said
What Friedrich Nietzsche actually said
- Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher (1844 to 1900)
He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.
Where this was said
↗Beyond Good and Evil (1886; Helen Zimmern translation)gutenberg.org
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