'The secret of realising the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is to live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius!'
Nietzsche’s advice to live dangerously is one of the few sources of comfort left for council leaders and chief executives who learn that Whitehall believes the financial pressures upon councils have eased.
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