A pale feather floats above a delicate wing-shaped kite frame in a clear blue sky.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The warning tells anyone who cannot fly to be careful about settling in a spot suspended over a bottomless drop. Only a bird can safely rest above a void; others should not stake their security where a fall is possible. It is a caution about precarious footing.

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