As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris. Indeed, infinitely more had to be promised than could ever be fulfilled in order that anything at all might be fulfilled in the realms of knowledge. Morality in Europe today is herd-morality. He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar. Nachgelassene Fragmente 1882-89 I teach you the Superman.
Man is something that is to be surpassed.
Thus Spake Zarathustra 1883-92 To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied. The Penguin Dictionary of Music 2. The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature 3. The Oxford Companion to English Literature 4. The Oxford English Reference Dictionary 5.