One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches…

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One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

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...

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

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

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

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.

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 all psychology

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

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...

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

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...

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...

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

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

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...