Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

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.

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

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...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

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....

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

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...

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

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.

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...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.