Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.
Friedrich NietzscheOne will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
Friedrich NietzscheDoes wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich NietzscheLaughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.
Friedrich NietzscheGod is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?
Friedrich Nietzsche