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Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher; b. 1844; d. 1900
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# · Good (one rating) · 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)# · Good (one rating) · 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.
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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.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
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Plato was a bore.
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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
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What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
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When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.
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Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
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