That I spake of sacrifices and honey-sacrifices, it was merely a ruse … — Thus Spake Zarathustra
SAPIR 861
That I spake of sacrifices and honey-sacrifices, it was merely a ruse in talking and verily, a useful folly! Here aloft can I now speak freer than in front of mountain-caves and anchorites' domestic animals.
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