We have art in order not to die of the truth.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

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...

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

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...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity...

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable...

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable...

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

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