In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.
Friedrich NietzscheAs regards the celebrated struggle for life, it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power.
Friedrich NietzscheWhen the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.
Friedrich Nietzsche