To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

Without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be an error.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

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...

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

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

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

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...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

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.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...