If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Only sick music makes money today.

Only sick music makes money today.

The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

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

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

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

Whoever does not know how to lay his will into things at least lays some...

Whoever does not know how to lay his will into things at least lays some...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

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

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

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself,...

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself,...