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Twilight of the Idols (tr. Anthony M. Ludovici, 1911)

Friedrich Nietzsche · 3 Sept 1888

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If you know why you live, how you live can take care of itself

Their wordsIf a man knows the wherefore of his existence, then the manner of it can take care of itself.

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Even the bravest rarely have the courage of what they really know

Their wordsEven the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.
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What does not kill me makes me stronger

Their wordsThat which does not kill me, makes me stronger.
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You should not disown your deeds once done; pangs of conscience are indecent

Their wordsA man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent.
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If you know why you live, how you live can take care of itself

Their wordsIf a man knows the wherefore of his existence, then the manner of it can take care of itself.
Our reading
The will to a system shows a lack of honesty

Their wordsI distrust all systematisers, and avoid them. The will to a system, shows a lack of honesty.
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Without music, life would be a mistake

Their wordsWithout music life would be a mistake.
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Only thoughts that come from walking have any value; a sedentary life is the real sin

Their wordsA sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.
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A person should know what they want, and that they want something

Their wordsA man should know what he desires, and that he desires something.

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