Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter IV. Apophthegms and Interludes.

The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.

— Friedrich Nietzsche on Suicide

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Friedrich Nietzsche

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.