Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For what one lacks access to from experience one will have no ear.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us...

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

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,...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

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

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

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

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.

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...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

The doer alone learneth.

The doer alone learneth.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be...

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be...

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...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

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

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

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.