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“Those things for which we find words, are things we have already overcome.”

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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

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“Immature is the love of the youth, and immature his hatred of man and earth. His mind and the wings of his spirit are still tied down and heavy.”

Men Mind Stills Earth Spirit Youth Hatred Down And Wings Heavy Tied Immature

Book:The portable Nietzsche: selected and translated, with an introd., pref. and notes

Source: The portable Nietzsche: selected and translated, with an introd., pref. and notes

“When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.”

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Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“Very early in my life I took the question of the relation of art to truth seriously: even now I stand in holy dread in the face of this discordance. My first book was devoted to it. The Birth of Tragedy believes in art on the background of another belief”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Man demands truth and fulfills this demand in moral intercourse with other men; this is the basis of all social life. One anticipates the unpleasant consequences of reciprocal lying. From this there arises the duty of truth. We permit epic poets to lie because we expect no detrimental consequences in this case. Thus the lie is permitted where it is considered something pleasant. Assuming that it does no harm, the lie is beautiful and charming.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.”

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Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“I fly in dreams, I know it is my privilege, I do not recall a single situation in dreams when I was unable to fly. To execute every sort of curve and angle with a light impulse, a flying mathematics - that is so distinct a happiness that it has permanently suffused my basic sense of happiness.”

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“I always like to arrive at the airport early to enjoy breakfast and lounge about so that when I get on the plane all my travel fever has disappeared.”

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“If one uses one's intellect to become master over the unlimited emotions, it may produce a sorry and diversionary effect upon the intellect.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and power itself in man. What is bad? — All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? — The feeling that power is increasing — that resistance has been overcome.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche