Facta Ficta

vitam impendere vero

Nietzsche thinking

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A HOLY LIE

The lie that was on Arria’s lips when she died (Paete, non dolet) obscures all the truths that have ever been uttered by the dying. It is the only holy lie that has become famous, whereas elsewhere the odour of sanctity has clung only to errors.