"How is freedom measured, in individuals as in……" — Friedrich Nietzsche
"How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. One would have to seek the highest type of free man where the greatest resistance is constantly being overcome: five steps from tyranny, near the threshold of the danger of servitude."
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1,640 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
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If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
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Hold a true friend with both your hands.
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The last Christian died on a cross.
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Most restaurants fail. The sad ones are stillborn. The mad ones flourish within the bustle and excitement of fame, notoriety,…
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After all, the world is not a stage-not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And…
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If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of…
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If ye would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not get yourselves carried aloft; do not seat…
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Philosophy dwells aloft in the Temple of Science, the divinity of its inmost shrine; her dictates descend among men, but…
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There are airmen and there are pilots: the first being part bird whose view from aloft is normal and comfortable,…
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