"The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed"
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"One should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air."
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"Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt."
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"At the bottom of all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory."
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"To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct."
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"What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame."
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"What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness."
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"Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods)."
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"Metaphysical world.- It is true, there could be a metaphysical world; the absolute possibility of it is hardly to be disputed. We behold all things through the human head and cannot cut off this head; while the question nonetheless remains what of the world would still be there if one had cut it off."
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"I teach you the Overman. Man is something which shall be surpassed."
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"Morality in Europe today is herd-morality"
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"The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue."
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"It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies."
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"Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
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"Every god-man created his own god: and there is no worse enmity on earth than that between gods."
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"I desire that your conjectures should not reach beyond your creative will. Could you create a god? Then do not speak to me of any gods."
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"He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses."
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"The poet presents his thoughts festively, on the carriage of rhythm: usually because they could not walk."
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"On the heights it is warmer than people in the valley suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognizes the full import of this simile."
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"Where does one not find that bland degeneration which beer produces in the spirit!"
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