English Explanatory Dictionary

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Hardship builds moral character.

Word forms

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Etymology

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

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