“Destination and paths. Many people are obstinate about the path once it is taken, few people about the destination.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche , book Human, All Too Human

Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 494
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation

Original

Viele sind hartnäckig in Bezug auf den einmal eingeschlagenen Weg, wenige in Bezug auf das Ziel.

I, Aph. 494
Menschliches, Allzumenschliches
Variant: Ziel und Wege. - Viele sind hartnäckig in Bezug auf den einmal eingeschlagenen Weg, Wenige in Bezug auf das Ziel.

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