whoever reaches the ideal...

– from “Epigrams and Interludes,” Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche

65
      The attraction of knowledge would be small if one did not have to overcome so much shame on the way.

69
      One has watched life badly if one has not also seen the hand that considerately— kills.

92
      Who has not, for the sake of his good reputation—sacrificed himself once?—

99
      The voice of disappointment: ‘I listened for an echo and heard nothing but praise—’

106
      In music the passions enjoy themselves.

132
      One is best punished for one’s virtues.

146
      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

161
      Poets treat their experiences shamelessly: they exploit them.

175
      In the end one loves one’s desire and not what is desired.

                  (Trans. Walter Kaufmann)