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Using high and low tides. For the purpose of knowledge, one must
know how to use that inner current that draws us to a thing, and
then the one that, after a time, draws us away from it

Privilege of greatness. It is the privilege of greatness to grant
supreme pleasure through trifing gifts

The infuriating thing about an individual way of living. People are
always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for
his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man
grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings

Topsy-turvy world. We criticize a thinker more sharply when he
proposes a tenet that is disagreeable to us; and yet it would be
more reasonable to do this when we nd his tenet agreeable.

The work was published posthumously, and many editions include it as a section in The Twilight of the Idols or in miscellaneous Nietzsche compilations.

"Man Alone with Himself" is a short collection of aphorisms by Friedrich Nietzsche, offering insights into his personal reflections on solitude, morality, truth, and individualism. It’s often viewed as a concentrated glimpse into Nietzsche’s private mind — raw, unfiltered, and powerful.