“ A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. ”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (1889). copy citation
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| Source | Twilight of the Idols |
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| Date | 1889 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici |
| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52263/52263-h/52263-h.htm |
Context
“Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?
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From the military school of life.—That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.
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Help thyself, then everyone will help thee. A principle of neighbour-love.
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A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent.
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Can a donkey be tragic?—To perish beneath a load that one can neither bear nor throw off? This is the case of the Philosopher.
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If a man knows the wherefore of his existence, then the manner of it can take care of itself.”
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