"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed."
"Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood."
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Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, Jason Kingston (2017). “Friedrich Nietzsche: 100 Quotes on Strength, Power, and Honor”
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