The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity
The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity.
The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better."
The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity - and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive
The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit; it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation
The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does not need to make anything -and one nonetheless does very much. There exists above the ''productive'' man a yet higher species.
The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for death.
The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.
The doer alone learneth.
The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of its diseases is called man.
The English are the nation of consummate cant.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.