Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher.
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Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.
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I think sometimes I don't realise how much the pressure gets to me.
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Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
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There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
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Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between.
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I have found that many other countries will buy off on anything American. As much as they hate us, they want to be us more than anything.
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The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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Getting older is tough. I remember the last time I felt an erection. It was at the movies. The only trouble is, it belonged to the guy sitting next to me.
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They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.
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If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.
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The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.
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It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
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One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher.
