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Twilight of the Idols
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"Twilight of the Idols" Quotes

A provocative and scathing critique of Western culture and its values by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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What does not kill me, makes me stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments.

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All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

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I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, and torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

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There are no facts, only interpretations.

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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

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