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Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher; b. 1844; d. 1900  ·  9 aphorisms  ·  no comments

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Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (228 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Men and Women

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (217 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct for revenge for which no expedient is sufficiently poisonous, secret, subterranean, petty -- I call it the one mortal blemish of mankind.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Science and Religion

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (192 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Science and Religion

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (690 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, in [category] Law and Politics

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Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (173 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (171 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Vice and Virtue

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (155 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Life and Death and [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (203 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Life and Death

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (160 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

[aphorist] Friedrich Nietzsche, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

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