Discontent is the seed of ethics

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

He who has why to live can bear almost any how

He who has why to live can bear almost any how

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

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.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

The lie is a condition of life.

The lie is a condition of life.

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

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

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...

To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is...

To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...