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Whoever possesses abundant joy must be a good man: but he is probably not the cleverest man, although he achieves exactly what it is that the cleverest man strives with all his cleverness to achieve.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.
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When art dresses itself in the most worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.
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The English are the people of consummate cant.
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I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
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