Man wird am besten für seine Tugenden bestraft. (Aphorism 132) Jenseits von Gut und Böse Friedrich Nietzsche (1886).
One is punished most for one's virtues.
I don't think it's that difficult to ascertain why recent events have turned me upon Nietzsche's perhaps most famous volume. What, with the nobility of souls, and whether gazing into or being gazed upon by the abyss is more powerful.
Morality, noble actions and noble hearts; heroes and addicts, obsession and reverence -- what guides us to do what we do, if it can be helped and if our actions matter. Are our souls measured in the afterlife and devoured by a beast if they are not worthy? If out deeds were unjust, if our motivations unfounded? Does stopping bad people from doing bad things using whatever means we need to use measure in our favour... or against us?