Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age.
Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.
To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct.
What is life? A continuous praise and blame.
Respectability offends my taste.
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.