that scene to on for the sake of yourself: you had invited a witness again for your own sake and not for his—do not deceive yourself.
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Dignity and timidity.—Ceremonies, official and staterobes, grave faces, solemn looks, slow pace, involved speech—in short, everything called dignity—is a form of simulation adopted by those people who are timid at heart; they wish to make others afraid (of them or of that which they represent). Men of a dauntless mind who are naturally awe-inspiring do not stand in need of dignity and ceremonies; they bring into repute—or rather into ill-repute—honesty, straightforward words and actions, as characteristics of self-confident arrogance.
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Morality of the victim.—The morality which is estimated by sacrifice is that of the semi-barbarous stage. Reason in this case gains but a stubbornly contested and sanguinary victory within the soul, for there are powerful anti-cravings to be subdued. species of cruelty which is met with at the sacrifices demanded by cannibal gods is essential.
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Where fanaticism is desirable.—Phlegmatic natures
