For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

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...

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

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

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

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

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...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a...

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a...

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

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...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...