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• Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman--a rope over an abyss.
  A dangerous across, a dangerous on-the-way, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous shuddering and stopping....
• Who alone has reason to *lie himself out* of actuality?
  He who *suffers* from it. -- Friedrich Nietzsche...
• The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence.
  He can smile in the face of the most terrible though...
• If a man really has strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.
  -- Friedrich Nietzsche...
• If a man has a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
• He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.
  -- Giacomo Leopardi...
• If death is as horrible as is claimed, how is it that after the passage of a certain period of time we consider happy any being, friend or enemy, who has ceased to live?
  -- E.M. Ciora...