Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

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Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

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Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

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There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

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I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

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