Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Without music life would be a mistake.

Without music life would be a mistake.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

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...

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.

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

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.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...