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What did Friedrich Nietzsche say about Truth?

Friedrich Nietzsche has written many quotes about Truth. E.g.,

  • We have art in order not to die of the truth.
  • Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
  • All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

What are the top most famous Truth quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Truth by Friedrich Nietzsche.

  • We have art in order not to die of the truth.
  • Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
  • All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
  • It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.
  • It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.
  • All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
  • On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
  • And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
  • We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
  • Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.