Considered physiologically, everything ugly weakens and saddens man. It reminds him of decay, danger, impotence; it actually reduc...es his strength. The effect of ugliness can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever anyone feels depressed, he senses the proximity of something "ugly." His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride--they decline with ugliness, they rise with beauty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attick tast, with Wine, whence we may rise... To hear the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice Warble immortal Notes and Tuskan Ayre? He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of the ...amoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all org...anic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal").LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »