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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes: Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.
         

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.


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Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.
         



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