"Anyone who has looked deeply into the..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“The hour-hand of life.”

“No more fiction, for now we calculate; but that we may calculate, we had to make fiction first.”

“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.”

“Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.”

“Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

“She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Contempt”

“Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.”

“I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.”