The great epochs of our life are the occasions whe... -Friedrich Nietzsche

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

Friedrich Nietzsche , Philosopher
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You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause....
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'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?...
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one....
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man....
When one has not had a good father, one must create one....
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil....

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