The vine bears three bunches of grapes: the first is that of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, the third of violence. Fragment
To demand of strength that it should not express itself as strength, that it should not be a desire to overcome, a desire to throw down, a desire to become master, a thirst for enemies and resistances and triumphs, is just as absurd as to demand of weakness that it should express itself as strength. Genealogy of Morals
The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but art, by imagination, may lift itself to the height of this idea. Art is therefore akin to creation. What is art?
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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