A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron...

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron...

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

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

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

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.