Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

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.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

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.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must...

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must...

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

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...

Love is when two people who care for each other get confused.

Love is when two people who care for each other get confused.

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it...

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it...