If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Without music life would be a mistake.

Without music life would be a mistake.

The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.