Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

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...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

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

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

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...

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...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

Lift up your hearts, you good dancers, high! higher! And do not forget the good...

Lift up your hearts, you good dancers, high! higher! And do not forget the good...

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...

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Fear is the mother of morality

Fear is the mother of morality

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

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...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to...

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to...