Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

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...

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...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

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.

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

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...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

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...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...