“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”
— Epictetus

𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌

"Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?"
— Friedrich Nietzsche

𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌

"He who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

*AMONG FRIENDS
An epilogue

1
“Fine to lie in quiet together,
Finer still to join in laughing—
Underneath a silken heaven
Lying back amid the grasses
Join with friends in cheerful laughing,
Showing our white teeth together.

Am I right? let's lie in quiet;
Am I wrong? let's join in laughing
And in being aggravating,
Aggravating, loudly laughing,
Till we reach the grave together.

Shall we do this, friends, again?
Amen! and auf Wiedersehn!”

2
“No excuses! No forgiving!
You who laugh and joy in living
Grant this book, with all its follies,
Ear and heart and open door!
Friends, believe me, all my folly's
Been a blessing heretofore!

What I seek, what I discover—
Has a book contained it ever?
Hail in me the guild of fools!
Learn what this fools-book's offence is:
Reason coming to its senses!

Shall we, friends, do this again?
Amen! and auf Wiedersehn!”

— Nietzsche*

“Fire of love glows in the names of all the virtues, and fire of wrath.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.”
- H. L. Mencken