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 74 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, I

In one's friend one shall honour the enemy. Canst thou step close unto thy friend without going over to him ?

In one's friend one shall have one's best enemy. Thou shalt be closest unto him with thy heart, when thou resistest him.

Thou wouldst not wear clothes in the presence of thy friend. It is to honour thy friend that thou presentest thyself unto him as thou art ? But he therefore wisheth thee to go unto the devil.

He who maketh no secret of himself shocketh : so much reason have ye to fear nakedness ! Ay, if ye were Gods, ye might well be ashamed of your clothing !

For thy friend thou canst not adorn thyself beauti- fully enough : for unto him thou shalt be an arrow and a longing towards beyond-man.

Didst thou ever see thy friend asleep so as to learn what he is like ? What is thy friend's face at other times ? It is thine own face seen in a rough and imperfect looking-glass.

Didst thou ever see thy friend asleep ? Wert thou not terrified at thy friend looking like that ? O my friend, man is a something that shall be surpassed.

In rinding out and being silent the friend shall be master : thou must not wish to see everything. Thy dream shall betray unto thee what thy friend doth when he is awake.

Let a finding out be thy sympathy : in order that first thou mayest know whether thy friend seeketh sym-

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