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Friedrich Nietzsche on Anniversary

1844–1900 Germany

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12 quotes

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love.

Twilight of the Idols (1889)

What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.

Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

Of all that is written, I love only what a man has written with his own blood.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)

Brave, unconcerned, mocking, violent—thus wisdom wants us: she is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)

The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

Once you were apes, yet even now man is more of an ape than any of the apes.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1891)

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)

Even cohabitation has been corrupted – by marriage.

Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

All truth is crooked, time itself is a circle.

"Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live" — on that great noon, let this be our last will.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1891)

Beware: "In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man."

When marrying, you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation.

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