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Pensees · 1670
Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.
The House of the Dead · 1860
Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra · 1883
If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"
The Sorrows of Young Werther · 1774
Commentaries on the Laws of England · 1765