The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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

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.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

Laughter is inner jogging.

Laughter is inner jogging.