Variante: The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

“One has to know the size of one's stomach.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Ecce homo

Origine: Ecce Homo

“The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Umano, troppo umano

Origine: Human, All Too Human

“No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.”

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“Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Così parlò Zarathustra

Origine: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“To him who feels himself preordained to contemplation and not to belief, all believers are too noisy and obtrusive; he guards against them.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Al di là del bene e del male

Origine: Beyond Good and Evil

“Deeds need time, even after they are done, in order to be seen or heard.”

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Origine: The Gay Science

“The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense.”

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Origine: The Anti-Christ

“That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. There is always a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.”

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“When man does not have firm, calm lines on the horizon of his life- mountain and forest lines, as it were- then a man's innermost will becomes agitated, preoccupied, and wistful.”

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“We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Umano, troppo umano

Variante: We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.
Origine: Human, All Too Human

“In conversation we are sometimes confused by the tone of our own voice, and mislead to make assertions that do not at all correspond to our opinions.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche libro Umano, troppo umano

Origine: Human, All Too Human

“Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche