Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

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Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with...

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with...

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That...

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That...

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in...

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in...

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook,...

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook,...

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its...

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its...

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it,...

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it,...

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive...

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive...

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or...

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or...

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating...

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating...

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the...

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the...

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the...

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the...

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the...

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the...

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as...

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as...

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always...

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always...