I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his divine…

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

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.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

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.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Without music life would be a mistake.

Without music life would be a mistake.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

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...

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

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.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist...

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....