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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

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 -...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

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.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

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

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...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...