Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

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...

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by...

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power...

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power...

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.