If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for...

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

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...

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...

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

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? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...