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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Often misattributed to Nietzsche, and was actually said by Rudyard Kipling during a [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2026/03/02/struggle-keep/#bd78df33-983a-4bb4-88dd-577e032bba7a-link 1935 interview] that was published in Reader's Digest in 1959.

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