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4426 | A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: I should prefer to exclude the bad result, the consequences, from the question of value as a matter of principle. Faced with a bad result, one loses all too easily the right perspective for what one has done. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Ecce Homo [1889], Clever §1) | |
A reaction: If the perspective is easily lost, we should make more effort, not ignore consequences. The question is whether you could have foreseen or controlled the consequences. |