The visionary denies the truth to himself, the liar only to others

We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.

Plato was a bore.

Joyous distrust is a sign of health. Everything absolute belongs to pathology.

Man is more ape than many of the apes

Is Wagner actually a man? Is he not rather a disease? Everything he touches falls ill; he has made music sick