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“ ”Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.
About Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.
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Additional quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
Men of profound sadness betray themselves when they are happy: they have a mode of seizing upon happiness as though they would choke and strangle it, out of jealousy — ah, they know only too well that it will flee from them!
I am a disciple of the philosopher Dionysus, and I would prefer to be even a satyr than a saint.
Some men are born posthumously.