Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher

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Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity
Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us
A man's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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