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The Gay Science
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"The Gay Science" Quotes

"The Gay Science" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a philosophical work that explores the themes of art, knowledge, the death of God, and the joyful embrace of life’s uncertainties.

Quotes

He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

introspectionstruggle

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

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dignitydeath

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

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knowledgebelief

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

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truthillusion

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions – as attempts to find out something.

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thinkingexperimentation

Hope is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment.

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hopeevil

In revenge one is always equal to one's enemy, for it requires no more than one act of violence to bring two people to the same level.

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revengeviolence

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

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lifelove

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

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monstersself-awareness

In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

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christianity