Friedrich Nietzsche · The source reads: “When Zarathustra was alone… he said to his heart: “Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that.” · Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–1891), prologue, ch. 2; spoken by Zarathustra of the old saint in the forest
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Friedrich Nietzsche · The source reads: “Oh, those Greeks! They knew how to live. What is required for that is to stop courageously at the surface, the fold, the skin, to adore appearance, to believe in forms, tones, words, in the whole Olympus of appearance. Those Greeks were superficial—out of profundity.” · The Gay Science (1882), preface, sec. 4
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Friedrich Nietzsche · The source reads: “Love is the state in which man sees things most widely different from what they are. The force of illusion reaches its zenith here, as likewise the sweetening and transfiguring power. When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything.” · The Antichrist (1888), aphorism 23
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