[pmoriarty]

Happiness is not an ideal. Happiness is tepid water on the tongue. -- Holderlin

Man does not desire happiness. Only the Englishman does. -- Nietzsche

[discreteevent]

In haven't read Nietzsche, but any time I read a quote of his, it always seems to appeal to the most power hungry part of my ego.

[marcosdumay]

I have read some of it, but my take-away from everything changed completely once I saw somebody claiming he was being sarcastic.

And the thing is, I'm almost convinced he wasn't. But it still changed how I read it.