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Abyss Gazes Back
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Friedrich Nietzsche's profound observation about confronting darkness is a deeply philosophical quote, but its exact wording, particularly the introductory phrase, is often varied in recollection.
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What People Remember
Many remember the quote as 'When you look into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.'
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What's Actually True
The actual quote from 'Beyond Good and Evil' is 'He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.'
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#quotes#philosophical#nietzsche#literature#proverb
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