"In the course of history, men come..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.
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“...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.”
“My time has not yet come either; some are born posthumously.”
“For a significant manwoman, the one thought he values greatly, to the laughter and scorn of insignificant men, is a key to hidden treasure chambers; for those others, it is nothing but a piece of old iron.”
More on History
“To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.”
“It is a vulgar error to suppose that America was ever discovered. It was merely detected.”
“The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason.”
More on Necessity
“That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to, that is to say unless we are content to be less than men.”
“Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.”
“Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.”