Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

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...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

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...

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great...

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great...

Man is the cruelest animal.

Man is the cruelest animal.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

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

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

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

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...

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...

Friendship I've discovered a way to stay friends forever -- There's really nothing to it....

Friendship I've discovered a way to stay friends forever -- There's really nothing to it....

Instead of loving your enemies -- treat your friends a little better.

Instead of loving your enemies -- treat your friends a little better.