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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes.”

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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'. more

“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, noris it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”

People Shows Problem Culture Goal Talent Development Aim Productions Proportion Great Work

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Carlyle, a man of strong words and attitudes, a rhetorician out of necessity, constantly aroused by the craving for a strong faithas well as by the feeling of an incapacity for it (Min this respect a typical romantic!).... Fundamentally, Carlyle is an English atheist who makes it a point of honor not to be one.”

Men Wells Feelings Strong Attitude Honor Atheist Typical Craving Incapacity Strong Words

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends.”

People Loss Secret Conversation Affair Topics Confidentiality

Book:Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“Antithesis is the narrow gateway through which error most prefers to worm its way towards truth.”

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