Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us;...

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us;...

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

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

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

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.