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Man is more ape than many of the apes.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness.
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We only hear questions that we are able to answer.
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What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness.
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Morality is: the mediocre are worth more than the exceptions ... I abhore Christianity with a deadly hatred.
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Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.
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I too have been in the underworld, as was Odysseus, and I will often be there again not only sheep have I sacrificed so as to beable to speak with a few dead souls, but neither have I spared my own blood as well.
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All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.
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He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.
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Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.
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