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Friedrich Nietzsche

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

age

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

alone

The doer alone learneth.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

alone

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

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

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

Art is the proper task of life.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

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

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

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

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

art

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

best

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

best

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

best

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

best

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

best

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

dad

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

dad

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

-Friedrich Nietzsche

death

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

death

The doer alone learneth.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

education

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

education

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

experience

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

experience

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

faith

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

faith

Fear is the mother of morality.

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fear

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

food

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

forgiveness

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

freedom

Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

friendship

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

friendship

Friedrich Nietzsche

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

The doer alone learneth.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

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

Art is the proper task of life.

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

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

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

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

The doer alone learneth.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Fear is the mother of morality.

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

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