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Friedrich Nietzsche

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

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Nietzsche suggests that people who remember too much of what already exists struggle to come up with truly new ideas. Their strong memory holds them back from thinking beyond established thoughts and limits originality.

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