Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another...

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another...

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

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

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

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

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...

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...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

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.

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.