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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

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

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

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

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...

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which...

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

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...

Without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be an error.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

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...

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great...

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great...

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.