what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

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Etymology

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From German Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker, which has been variously translated, from Friedrich Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols.

Proverb

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what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

  1. Hardship builds moral character.

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