_Be not considerate of thy neighbour!_ Man is something that must be
surpassed. 243
He who cannot command himself shall obey. And many a one _can_ command
himself, but still sorely lacketh self-obedience! 243
He who is of the populace wisheth to live gratuitously; we others,
however, to whom life hath given itself--we are ever considering
_what_ we can best give _in return!_ 243
One should not wish to enjoy where one doth not contribute to the
enjoyment. And one should not _wish_ to enjoy! 243
"Thou shalt not rob! Thou shalt not slay!"--such precepts were once
called holy; before them did one bow the knee and the head, and took
off one's shoes.
But I ask you: Where have there ever been better robbers and slayers in
the world than such holy precepts?
Is there not even in all life--robbing and slaying? And for such
precepts to be called holy, was not _truth_ itself thereby--slain? 246
Let it not be your honour henceforth whence ye come, but whither ye go!
Your Will and your feet which seek to surpass you--let these be your
new honour! 248
The best shall rule, the best also _willeth_ to rule! And where the
teaching is different, there--the best _is lacking._ 257
Thus would I have man and woman: fit for war, the one, fit for
maternity, the other; both, however, fit for dancing with head and legs.
And lost be the day to us in which a measure hath not been danced. And
false be every truth which hath not had laughter along with it! 257
The stupidity of the good is unfathomably wise.
The good _must_ crucify him who deviseth his own virtue! That _is_ the
truth!
The second one, however, who discovered their country--the country,
heart and soil of the good and just,--it was he who asked: "Whom do
they hate most?"
The _creator,_ hate they most, him who breaketh the tables and old
values, the breaker,--him they call the law-breaker.
For the good--they _cannot_ create; they are always the beginning of
the end:--
They crucify him who writeth new values on new tables, they sacrifice
_unto themselves_ the future--they crucify the whole human future! 260