Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

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...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

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

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

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

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

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

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

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...

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

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...

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.