Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. Studies in Pessimism
"Homo sapiens has no natural rights, just as spiders, hyenas and chimpanzees have no natural rights. But don’t tell that to our servants, lest they murder us at night.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. The Critic as Artist
Let us... be careful of admitting into our souls the notion that there is no truth or health or soundness in any arguments at all; but let us rather say that there is as yet no health in us, and that we must quit ourselves like men and do our best to gain health—you and all other men with a view to the whole of your future life, and I myself with a view to death. The Trials Of Socrates
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