"He strung these (words) together with other foolish remarks, all in the manner his books had taught him and imitating their language as much as he could. As a result, his pace was so slow, and the sun rose so quickly and ardently, that it would have melted his brains if he had had any."
I have met more people that are followers not leaders and Cervantes says it all.
Don Quixote
Cervantes
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.One could say that in this respect Cervantes was preempting Nietzsche's idea of the Übermensch by several centuries.
However Nietzsche did actually right a critique of Don Quixote so the former may have influenced the latter, at least unconsciously when preparing Thus Spake Zarathustra
LenHazell53
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Feb 15, 2023
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That is my favorite quote from most of the books I've read that I like. I'm sure I liked others but when I was on the German shepherd forum (I have been banned for life) I liked telling them that they had no iota of a free thought. Communicating with one was no different than another.
Miguel knew how to make a point! Personally, I tend to be contemptuous of followers and suspicious of leaders.
(Back then, they had Don Quixote; today, we have Don Trump. Neither liked windmills.)
The-Krzyz
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Feb 15, 2023
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Apparently MTG is now putting forward the idea that wind turbines kill whales but it is probably the Jewish space lasers again damn those anti-Semitic Orcas!
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