Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness. |
Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared -- this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth. |
Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something ''ugly.'' His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride -- they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful. |
Scholars spend all of their energies on saying Yes and No, on criticism of what others have thought -- they themselves no longer think. |
Science and art have that in common that everyday things seem to them new and attractive |
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out |
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings |
Since I grew tired of the chase And search, I learned to find; And since the wind blows in my face, I sail with every wind. |
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. |
Smooth ice is paradise for those who dance with expertise. |
So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another. |
So then, friends, what do you say? Amen! Until we meet again. |
Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age |
Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good. |
Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy. |