“Blessed are the forgetful; for they get over their stupidities, too.”

Variant: Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.
Source: Beyond Good and Evil

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German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900

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