“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
Great“The doer alone learneth.”
Alone“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
Great“Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.”
Men“Woman was God's second mistake.”
God“Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.”
Power“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
Truth“When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.”
Great“The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.”
God“There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.”
Love“Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god but who knows my god?”
God“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”
Art“Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.”
Great“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”
Friendship“And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
Truth“Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.”
Truth“There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.”
Truth“In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.”
Education“Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.”
Life“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
Good“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.”
Good“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”
Dad