Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher

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One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book
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