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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#aesthetic #any #art #certain #exist

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#awfulness #consciousness #everywhere #existence #him

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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