In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man.

In der Rache und in der Liebe ist das Weib barbarischer, als der Mann.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Nature of women Men and women

Language

German

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 134.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 134.

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Sorrow comes in great waves—no one can know that better than you—but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot, and we know that if it is strong we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain. It wears us, uses us, but we wear it and use it in return; and it is blind, whereas we after a manner see.

Henry James

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Learning from suffering Suffering

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Henry James

Source

Letters of Henry James

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Statement Type

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Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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James, Henry. Letter to Grace Norton. 28 July 1883.

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James, Henry. "July 28th [1883] To Grace Norton." The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884, edited by Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. Vol. 1, University of Nebraska Press, 2018.

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