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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for...

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

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....

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

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...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible