Nietzsche | Because, FOR MAN TO BE REDEEMED FROM REVENGE—that is for me the bridge to the highest hope / distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful

English translation by Thomas Common

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Because, FOR MAN TO BE REDEEMED FROM REVENGE—that is for me the bridge to the highest hope, and a rainbow after long storms.

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But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

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Denn dass der Mensch erlöst werde von der Rache: das ist mir die Brücke zur höchsten Hoffnung und ein Regenbogen nach langen Unwettern.

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Also aber rathe ich euch, meine Freunde: misstraut Allen, in welchen der Trieb, zu strafen, mächtig ist!