The aphorism, the apophthegm, in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of "eternity"; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book-- what everyone else does not say in a book. Twilight of the Idols
Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Discourses
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. Autumn Leaves
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