Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!

Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality.

The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.

What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

This world is the will to power and nothing besides!

How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of force!