Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as … - Friedrich Nietzsche

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I have never done anything except write, but I don't possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the laws of dramatic composition, and if I have embarked upon this enterprise it is because I trust in the light shed by how much I have read in my life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.

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