“ War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery hath hitherto saved the victims. ”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1891). copy citation
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| Source | Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
| Topic | bravery courage |
| Date | 1891 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated By Thomas Common |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1998/1998-h/1998-h.htm |
Context
“One can only be silent and sit peacefully when one hath arrow and bow; otherwise one prateth and quarrelleth. Let your peace be a victory!
Ye say it is the good cause which halloweth even war? I say unto you: it is the good war which halloweth every cause.
War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery hath hitherto saved the victims. “ What is good? ” ye ask. To be brave is good. Let the little girls say: “ To be good is what is pretty, and at the same time touching. ” Ye are ashamed of your flow, and others are ashamed of their ebb.
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Ye say it is the good cause which halloweth even war? I say unto you: it is the good war which halloweth every cause.
War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery hath hitherto saved the victims. “ What is good? ” ye ask. To be brave is good. Let the little girls say: “ To be good is what is pretty, and at the same time touching. ” Ye are ashamed of your flow, and others are ashamed of their ebb.
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