We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

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...

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...

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fear is the mother of morality

Fear is the mother of morality

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...

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred...

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred...

In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...