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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It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a...

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is 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...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

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...

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...

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...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

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

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

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of...

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of...

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.