<i>The one necessary thing</i>. — A person must have one or… - Friedrich Nietzsche

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The one necessary thing. — A person must have one or the other. Either a cheerful disposition by nature, or a disposition made cheerful by art and knowledge.

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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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One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

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Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.

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This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful!

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