Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

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

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

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

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.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages is it the...

Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages is it the...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and...

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart - not something that comes...

The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart - not something that comes...