O my brothers, one man once saw into the hearts of the good
and the just and said, “They are the pharisees.” But he was not understood. The good and the just themselves were not
permitted to understand him: their spirit is imprisoned in their good
conscience. The stupidity of the good is unfathomably shrewd. This, however, is the truth: the good must be
pharisees—they have no choice. The good must crucify him who invents his own
virtue. This is the truth!
Thus spoke Zarathustra.
From Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, translation by Walter Kaufmann
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