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In the beautiful, man sets himself up as the standard of perfection; in select cases he worships himself in it. . . . Man believes that the world itself is filled with beauty -- he forgets that it is he who has created it.

Source: Twilight of the Idols, Expeditions of an Untimely Man, aph. 19, 1889.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct 15 1844-1900), German philosopher, poet; He was a noted critic of Christianity, conformism and nationalism who wrote The Birth of Tragedy, 1872.

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