Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
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In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose.
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Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism.
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It is difficult to preach, this morality of mediocrity! It may never admit what it is and what it wants! It must speak about restraint and worth and duty and love of one's neighbor.
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He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.
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If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
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Where the good begins.- Where the poor power of the eye can no longer see the evil impulse as such because it has become too subtle, man posits the realm of goodness; and the feeling that we have now entered the realm of goodness excites all those impulses which had been threatened and limited by the evil impulses, like the feeling of security, of comfort, of benevolence. Hence, the duller the eye, the more extensive the good. Hence the eternal cheerfulness of the common people and of children. Hence the gloominess and grief - akin to a bad conscience - of the great thinkers.
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You sacrifice yourself, your wealth torments you,You give away yourself,You don't take care of yourself, you don't love yourself;Great agony always compels you,The agony of an overflowing barn, an overabundant heart;But no one thanks you any longer …
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In solitude there grows what anyone brings into it, the inner beast too. Therefore solitude is inadvisable to many.
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Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing.
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Unpleasant, even dangerous, qualities can be found in every nation and every individual: it is cruel to demand that the Jew be an exception. In him, these qualities may even be dangerous and revolting to an unusual degree; and perhaps the young stock-exchange Jew is altogether the most disgusting invention of mankind.
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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
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A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
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Everything that is profound loves the mask: the profoundest things have a hatred even of figure and likeness.
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When you stare into an abyss for a long time, the abyss also stares into you.
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Some men are born posthumously.
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Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.
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To live alone one must be an animal or a god - says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
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Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.
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The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct.
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He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
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Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.
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In his lonely solitude, the solitary man feeds upon himself; in the thronging multitude, the many feed upon him. Now choose.