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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Phlegmatic natures can be inspired to enthusiasm only by being made into fanatics.”

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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

“People buy their necessities in shops and have to pay dearly for them because they have to assist in paying for what is also on sale there but only rarely finds purchasers: the luxury and amusement goods. So it is that luxury continually imposes a tax on the simple people who have to do without it.”

People Simple Pay Taxes Luxury Shops Goods Shopping Amusement Purchasers

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

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

“Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.”

Men Action Desire Grows Greater Deeds Great Men Tranquility Calmness Plunge Suspended Waterfalls Composure

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves.”

Disgusting Dirt Cleaning Purification

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.”