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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

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...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

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...

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a...

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

He who has a why can endure any how

He who has a why can endure any how

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

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...

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

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

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

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

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...