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Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher; b. 1844; d. 1900 · 9 aphorisms · no comments
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Edit Comment# · Fair (684 ratings) · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, in
Law and Politics
Beyond Good and Evil (paperback)Edit Comment# · Fair (227 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.
Edit Comment# · Fair (184 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.
Edit Comment# · Fair (189 ratings) · submitted 1997
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
Edit Comment# · Fair (170 ratings) · submitted 1997
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
Edit Comment# · Fair (153 ratings) · submitted 1997
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche, in
Life and Death and
Success and Failure
Edit Comment# · Fair (195 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.
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