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He Who Rejoices Even At The Stake Triumphs Not Over Pain But Over The Absence Of Pain Where He Had Anticipated Feeling It. A Parable.

Men Who Think Deeply Appear To Be Comedians In Their Dealings With Others Because They Always Have To Feign Superficiality In Order To Be Understood.

Regarding Life, The Wisest Men Of All Ages Have Judged Alike: It Is Worthless.

Physiologists Should Think Before Putting Down The Instinct Of Self-preservation As The Cardinal Instinct Of An Organic Being. A Living Thing Seeks Above All To Discharge Its Strength--life Itself Is Will To Power; Self-preservation Is Only One Of The Indirect And Most Frequent Results.

We Operate With Nothing But Things Which Do Not Exist, With Lines, Planes, Bodies, Atoms, Divisible Time, Divisible Space - How Should Explanation Even Be Possible When We First Make Everything Into An Image, Into Our Own Image!