what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

English

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Etymology

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

Proverb

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

  1. Hardship builds moral character.

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