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Alas, where in the world have there been greater follies than with the compassionate?And what in the world has caused more suffering than the follies ...more

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But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthword...more

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A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

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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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The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,' ...more

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Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second:...more

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Among such persons are those women who transform themselves into just that function of a man that is but weakly developed in him, and then become his ...more

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What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

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It is not the strength but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.

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A real man wants two things: danger and play. Therefore he wants woman as the most dangerous plaything. Man shall be educated for war, and woman for t...more

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How can a man become great if he does not feel in himself the force and the will to inflict great pain

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Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

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Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth....more

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To do great things is difficult but to command great things is more difficult.