Creative Quotations from . . .
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900) born on Oct 15
German "philosopher, poet". "He was a noted critic of Christianity, conformism and nationalism who wrote "The Birth of Tragedy," 1872."
 
   
F
Such a man as instinctively feeds on pure ambrosia and leaves alone the indigestible in things.

R
In music the passions enjoy themselves.
A
"The aphorism, the apophthegm, in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of "eternity"; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book -- what everyone else does not say in a book."
N
"The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power."
K
"To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses. . ."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Twilight of the Idols, "Expeditions of an Untimely Man," aph. 13 (1889)."
R: x
A: "Twilight of the Idols, "Expeditions of an Untimely Man," aph. 51 (1889)."
N: "Twilight of the Idols, "What the Germans Lack," aph. 4 (1889)."
K: "Twilight of the Idols, "Expeditions of an Untimely Man," aph. 36 (1889)."



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