Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of...

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of...

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the...

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only 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.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

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...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she...

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she...

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.