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[from 'Human, All Too Human' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth ]

Full Idea

The champions of truth are hardest to find, not when it is dangerous to tell it, but rather when it is boring.

Gist of Idea

Truth finds fewest champions not when it is dangerous, but when it is boring

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 506)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.237