Brigham Young (1801–1877) Latter Day Saint movement leader
Journal of Discourses 3:224 (March 2, 1856)
1850s
“I am a disciple of the philosopher Dionysus, I would rather be a satyr than a saint.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, book Ecce homo
From Preface
Ecce Homo (1888)
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