Man’s being is made of such strange stuff as to be partly akin to nature and partly not, at once natural and extranatural, a kind of ontological centaur, half immersed in nature, half transcending it. History as a System
Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. On the Psychology of the Unconsciousness
People who feel entitled view every occurrence in their life as either an affirmation of, or a threat to, their own greatness. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. Nicholas Nickleby
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