Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness — that means cynically and with innocence. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness — that means cynically and with innocence.

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About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.

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Never trust a thought that occurs to you indoors.

Just as in the second part of a verse bad poets seek a thought to fit their rhyme, so in the second half of their lives people tend to become more anxious about finding actions, positions, relationships that fit those of their earlier lives, so that everything harmonizes quite well on the surface: but their lives are no longer ruled by a strong thought, and instead, in its place, comes the intention of finding a rhyme.

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We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets.

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