Beyond Good and Evil

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With hard people intimacy is a shameful thing - and something precious.

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Christianity gave Eros poison to drink - but he didn't die from that. He degenerated into a vice.4

4. Eros: in Greek mythology the god of erotic love.
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To talk a lot about oneself can also be a means of hiding oneself.

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In praise there is more pushiness than in blame.

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Pity in a man of knowledge seems almost laughable, like soft hands on a Cyclops.5

5. Cyclops: in Greek mythology a giant, one-eyed, cannibal monster.
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