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"Perhaps there is even an order of rank with respect to those burnt children, the born artists who find enjoyment of life only in trying to falsify it's image (as if taking wearisome revenge on it); one might guess to which degree life has disgusted them, by the extent to which they wish to see its image falsified, attenuated, ultrified, and diefied..." Beyond Good and Evil

I always enjoyed pretending to understand philosophy, especially Nietzche, but I've never been able to grasp this idea.