| At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. In heaven all the interesting people are missing. Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes. Only sick music makes money today. Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. |
| Friedrich Nietzsche |
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