Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith…

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man

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...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

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...

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Love is not consolation. It is light

Love is not consolation. It is light

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Being in a relationship is hard...it's hard to stay faithful not knowing if your significant...

Being in a relationship is hard...it's hard to stay faithful not knowing if your significant...

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank...

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank...