Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed.
I teach you beyond Man (superman). Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him?
In the end one loves one's desire and not what is desired.
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
How can a man become great if he does not feel in himself the force and the will to inflict great pain
philosophy is not suited for the masses, what they need is holiness.
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.
He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth - and not even as a traveler towards a final goal,...
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Art raises its head where creeds relax.
Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well but to preserve it a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
Courage is the best slayer-courage which attacketh for in every attack there is the sound of triumph.
We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets.
The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.