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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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

“What is originality? To see something that is as yet without a name, that is as yet impossible to designate, even though it staresus in the face. The way it usually is with people, it is a thing's name that makes it perceptible to them in the first place.--For the most part, the original ones have also been the name-givers.”

People Way Firsts Faces Names Impossible Originals Originality Giver

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“With deep men, as with deep wells, it takes a long time for anything that falls into them to hit bottom. Onlookers, who almost never wait long enough, readily suppose that such men are callous and unresponsive--or even boring.”

Men Wells Long Enough Fall Waiting Long Time Depth Bottom Boring Boredom Profundity Callous Unresponsive

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“All idealists imagine that the causes they serve are fundamentally better than any other causes in the world, and they refuse to believe that if their cause is to flourish at all it requires precisely the same foul-smelling manure that is necessary to all other human undertakings.”

Ifs World Believe Humans Causes Imagine Refuse Imagine That Idealism Foul Undertakings Idealist Manure

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The most dangerous follower is the one whose defection would destroy the whole party: hence, the best follower.”

Whole Party Dangerous Betrayal Followers Partisans

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche