We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, It is my will that the sun shall rise ; or at him who, unable to stop a wheel, says, I wish it to roll ; or, again, at him who, thrown in a wrestling match, says, Here I lie, but here I wish to lie. But, joking apart, do we not act like one of these three persons whenever we use the expression I wish ?


The Dawn of Day (ed. 1911)

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, It is my will that the sun shall rise ; or at him...

We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, It is my will that the sun shall rise ; or at him...

We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, It is my will that the sun shall rise ; or at him...

We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, It is my will that the sun shall rise ; or at him...