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“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“A witticism is an epigram on the death of a feeling.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Human, All Too Human

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far the most painful tragedies: but it is precisely for this reason that they honor life, because it brings against them its most formidable weapons.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Human, All Too Human

“The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“If we train our conscience, it kisses us while it hurts”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil

“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen. Few in pursuit of the goal.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“The life of the enemy. Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra