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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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

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

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

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

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...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be...

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be...

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

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...

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.