Climbing Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.” quote by Friedrich Nietzsche — Download Open image

“I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.”

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Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.

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“It breaks my heart. Better than your words, your eye tells me all your peril. You are not yet free, you still search for freedom. Your search has fatigued you and made you too wakeful. You long for the open heights, your soul thirsts for the stars. But your bad instincts too thirst for freedom. Your fierce dogs long for…

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“79. A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.”

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“The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is best.”

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“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable against everything about us that is growing old and weak -and not only about us. Life - that is, then: being without reverence for those who are dying, who are wretched, who are ancient? Constantly being a murderer?…

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It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

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Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

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The earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing.

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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

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