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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

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

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

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

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

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

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

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

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.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

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?...

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

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?

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.