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Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
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We have art in order not to die of the truth.
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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
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We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
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And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
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On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
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Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.
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I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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Success has always been a great liar.
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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
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The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
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Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
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There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
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In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
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God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.