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“There is so much in man that is horrifying!..
The world has been a madhouse for too long!...”
― On the Genealogy of Morals
The world has been a madhouse for too long!...”
― On the Genealogy of Morals
“As we know, priests make the most evil enemies – but why? Because they are the most powerless. Out of this powerlessness, their hate swells into something huge and uncanny to a most intellectual and poisonous level. The greatest haters in world history, and the most intelligent, have always been priests: – nobody else’s intelligence stands a chance against the intelligence of priestly revenge. The history of mankind would be far too stupid a thing if it had not had the intellect of the powerless injected into it...”
― On the Genealogy of Morals
― On the Genealogy of Morals
“For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught – nay, but the draught of a draughts. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“his mind moves in a perfect but narrow circle. A small circle is quite as
infinite as a large circle; but, though it is quite as infinite, it is not so large.”
― Orthodoxy
infinite as a large circle; but, though it is quite as infinite, it is not so large.”
― Orthodoxy
“Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but a disease.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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