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- [quote]"Why stealest thou along so furtively in the twilight, Zarathustra? And what hidest thou so carefully under thy mantle?
- Is it a treasure that hath been given thee? Or a child that hath been born thee? Or goest thou thyself on a thief's errand, thou friend of the evil?"--
- "Verily, my brother," said Zarathustra, "it is a treasure that hath been given me: it is a little truth which I carry.
- But it is naughty, like a young child; and if I hold not its mouth, it screameth too loudly.
- As I went on my way alone to-day, at the hour when the sun declineth, there met me an old woman, and she spake thus unto my soul:
- 'Much hath Zarathustra spoken also to us women, but never spake he unto us concerning woman.'
- And I answered her: 'Concerning woman, one should only talk unto men.'
- 'Talk also unto me of woman,' said she; 'I am old enough to forget it presently.'
- And I obliged the old woman and spake thus unto her:
- Everything in woman is a riddle, and everything in woman hath one solution --it is called pregnancy.
- Man is for woman a means: the purpose is always the child. But what is woman for man?
- Two different things wanteth the true man: danger and diversion. Therefore wanteth he woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
- Man shall be trained for war, and woman for the recreation of the warrior: all else is folly.
- Too sweet fruits--these the warrior liketh not. Therefore liketh he woman;--bitter is even the sweetest woman.
- Better than man doth woman understand children, but man is more childish than woman.
- In the true man there is a child hidden: it wanteth to play. Up then, ye women, and discover the child in man!
- A plaything let woman be, pure and fine like the precious stone, illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come.
- Let the beam of a star shine in your love! Let your hope say: 'May I bear the Superman!'
- In your love let there be valour! With your love shall ye assail him who inspireth you with fear!
- In your love be your honour! Little doth woman understand otherwise about honour. But let this be your honour: always to love more than ye are loved, and never be the second.
- Let man fear woman when she loveth: then maketh she every sacrifice, and everything else she regardeth as worthless.
- Let man fear woman when she hateth: for man in his innermost soul is merely evil; woman, however, is mean.
- Whom hateth woman most?--Thus spake the iron to the lodestone: 'I hate thee most, because thou attractest, but art too weak to draw unto thee.'
- The happiness of man is, 'I will.' The happiness of woman is, 'He will.'
- 'Lo! Now hath the world become perfect!' --thus thinketh every woman when she obeyeth with all her love.
- Obey, must the woman, and find a depth for her surface. Surface, is woman's soul, a mobile, stormy film on shallow water.
- Man's soul, however, is deep, its current gusheth in subterranean caverns: woman surmiseth its force, but comprehendeth it not.--
- Then answered me the old woman: 'Many fine things hath Zarathustra said, especially for those who are young enough for them.
- Strange! Zarathustra knoweth little about woman, and yet he is right about them! Doth this happen, because with women nothing is impossible?
- And now accept a little truth by way of thanks! I am old enough for it!
- Swaddle it up and hold its mouth: otherwise it will scream too loudly, the little truth.'
- 'Give me, woman, thy little truth!' said I. And thus spake the old woman:
- 'Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!'--"
- Thus spake Zarathustra.[/quote]
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