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Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human I Block b0324

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313. Eitelkeit der Zunge. - Ob der Mensch seine schlechten Eigenschaften und Laster verbirgt oder mit Offenheit sie eingesteht, so wünscht doch in beiden Fällen seine Eitelkeit einen Vortheil dabei zu haben: man beachte nur, wie fein er unterscheidet, vor wem er jene Eigenschaften verbirgt, vor wem er ehrlich und offenherzig wird.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

313. Vanity of the Tongue. Whether a person conceals his bad qualities and vices or openly admits them, in both cases his vanity wishes to gain an advantage from doing so: one need only observe how subtly he distinguishes between those before whom he conceals those qualities and those before whom he becomes honest and candid.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

313. Vanité de la langue. Que l’homme cache ses mauvaises qualités et ses vices ou qu’il les avoue ouvertement, sa vanité souhaite, dans les deux cas, en tirer un avantage : que l’on remarque seulement avec quelle finesse il distingue ceux auxquels il cache ces qualités de ceux devant lesquels il devient honnête et franc.

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