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From an old Florentine novella, and in addition from life: buona femmina e mala femmina vuol bastone [the good and the bad woman wants a stick]. Sacchetti, Nov. 86.

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To seduce a neighbour into a good opinion and, beyond that, to believe faithfully in this opinion of one's neighbour: who can match women in performing this trick?-

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What an age finds evil is commonly an anachronistic echo of what previously was found to be good - the atavism of an older ideal.

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Around the hero everything becomes a tragedy, around the demi-god everything becomes a satyr play, and around God everything becomes - what? Perhaps a "world"?-

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Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it - isn't that so, my friends?