Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

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

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

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

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...

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

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

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

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

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...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

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...

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

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

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

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.