Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches - and in punishment there is so much that is festive! (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches - and in punishment there is so much that is festive!

Friedrich Nietzsche

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