When the swords ran among one another like red-spotted serpents, then … — Thus Spake Zarathustra
SAPIR 861
When the swords ran among one another like red-spotted serpents, then did our fathers become fond of life; the sun of every peace seemed to them languid and lukewarm, the long peace, however, made them ashamed.
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