Complacency Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“The hour when you say, "What does my happiness matter? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency. Yet my happiness should justify existence itself!” quote by Friedrich Nietzsche — Download Open image

“The hour when you say, "What does my happiness matter? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency. Yet my happiness should justify existence itself!”

Friedrich Nietzsche

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