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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

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

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

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

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

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.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

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...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

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.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

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

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

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...