History teaches us that man learns nothing from history
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me
To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.
Nothing great has been and nothing great can be accomplished without passion. It is only a dead, too often, indeed, a hypocriticalmoralizing which inveighs against the form of passion as such.