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Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'.

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Famous Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

“I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.”

Want Sea Sky Pure Being Alone

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“If an architect wants to strengthen a decrepit arch, he increases the load laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together.”

Ifs Want Together Increase Architecture Architect Load Arches Decrepit

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“One must cease letting oneself be eaten when one tastes best: that is known to those who want to be loved long.”

Want Long Known Taste Oneself Cease Flirtation

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.”

Want Pleasure Innocence Enjoyment Bashful

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity, at least I do not want it known; and if I do pity, it is preferably from a distance.”

Ifs Want Feels Known Too Much Shame Blessed Distance Pity Lacking Merciful

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“And this do I call immaculate perception of all things: to want nothing else from them, but to be allowed to lie before them as a mirror with a hundred facets.”

Want Self Reality Lying Perception Hundred All Things Mirrors Facets Immaculate

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity.”

Want Life Humans Past Human Beings Greatness Eternity Amor Formulas Amor Fati

Book:The Vision of Nietzsche

Source: The Vision of Nietzsche

“Verily, I do not want to be like the ropemakers: They drag out their threads and always walk backwards.”

Want Walks Who You Are Drag Thread Backwards Knowing Who You Are

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1844
Died: August 25, 1900
Known for: Philologist
Quotes: 2909

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The Portable NietzscheRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich NietzscheRelated source material

Basic Writings of NietzscheRelated source material

Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and TwoRelated source material

The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of SongsRelated source material

Thus Spoke ZarathustraRelated source material

Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free SpiritsRelated source material

Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free SpiritsRelated source material

Beyond Good and EvilRelated source material

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