The Antichrist, Section 7

One Has Been A Poor Spectator Of Life If One Has Not Witnessed The Hand - That Kills From Mercy.

Doing Ill To Those On Whom We Have To Make Our Power Felt; For Pain Is A Far More Sensitive Means For That Purpose Than Pleasure: Pain Always Asks Concerning The Cause, While Pleasure Is Inclined To Keep Within Itself And Not Look Backward.

He Who Strays From The Customary Becomes A Sacrifice To The Extraordinary; He Who Keeps To The Customary Becomes Its Slave. He Iscondemned To Perish In Either Case.

The Greatest Progress That The Human Race Has Made Lies In Learning How To Make Correct Inferences.

It Is The Powerful Who Know How To Honour, It Is Their Art, Their Domain For Invention.