The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.
Friedrich NietzscheTowards gnats and fleas we should show no pity. We would do right to hang petty thieves, petty calumniators, and slanderers.
Friedrich NietzschePeople who wish to numb our caution in dealing with them by means of flattery are employing a dangerous expedient, like a sleeping draught, which, if it does not put us to sleep, keeps us all the more awake.
Friedrich Nietzsche