Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] (listen) or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to...
Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves?
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
—Kate Jacobs in The Friday Night Knitting Club