If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsWhich is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?
Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the HammerMan does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.
Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the HammerAll truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the HammerThe secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
The Conduct of Life: A Philosophical ReadingCommunism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution.
Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844/The Communist ManifestoTo bankrupt a fool, give him information.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsHalf of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsThe artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
Novalis: Philosophical WritingsOne is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.
Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the HammerIt is said that man is wolf to man. I find this very unfair to wolves.
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved