‘Gonna dance ’til we burn this disco out.’ —Michael Jackson
My impossible ones. — Seneca: or the toreador of virtue. (…) Dante: or the hyena who writes poetry in tombs. (…) Victor Hugo: or the pharos at the sea of nonsense. (…) Michelet: or the enthusiasm which takes off its coat. Carlyle: or pessimism as a poorly digested dinner. (…) Zola: or “the delight in stinking.”
{ Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888 | Continue reading }
