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224 that scene to on for the sake of yourself: you had invited a witness again for your own sake and not for his—do not deceive yourself. —Ceremonies, official and staterobes, grave faces, solemn looks, slow pace, involved speech—in short, everything called dignity—is a form of simulation adopted by those people who are timid at heart; they wish to make others afraid (of them or of that which they represent). Men of a dauntless mind who are naturally awe-inspiring do not stand in need of dignity and ceremonies; they bring into repute—or rather into ill-repute—honesty, straightforward words and actions, as characteristics of self-confident arrogance. —The morality which is estimated by sacrifice is that of the semi-barbarous stage. Reason in this case gains but a stubbornly contested and sanguinary victory within the soul, for there are powerful anti-cravings to be subdued. species of cruelty which is met with at the sacrifices demanded by cannibal gods is essential. —Phlegmatic natures