Nietzsche separates the price of pursuit from the prize of attainment, arguing that the cost we pay — in time, suffering, discipline, and sacrifice — often constitutes the real worth of a thing. Achievement without effort is hollow; effort itself is the reward. This insight reframes how we evaluate goals, relationships, and skills: the struggle is not a toll booth on the way to value, it is the value.
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