In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

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...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

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...

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

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

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

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

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.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art