Friedrich Nietzsche lived from 1844 to 1900, so he never heard of the orange baby, but he clearly knew of people like it. In Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, he wrote:
“You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.“
And in Ecce Homo:
“Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.“
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
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