There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly...

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly...

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...

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

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...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...