“Shadow in the flame. The flame is not so bright to itself as to those on whom it shines: so too the wise man.”
Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 570
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
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Schatten in der Flamme. - Die Flamme ist sich selber nicht so hell, als den Anderen, denen sie leuchtet: so auch der Weise.
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
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Friedrich Nietzsche 655
German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900Related quotes
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Then the bright rainbow's colours seven
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Black Elk Speaks (1961)
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