登陆注册
15515800000049

第49章 XXXVIII. SCHOLARS.

When I lay asleep, then did a sheep eat at the ivy-wreath on my head,--it ate, and said thereby: "Zarathustra is no longer a scholar."It said this, and went away clumsily and proudly. A child told it to me.

I like to lie here where the children play, beside the ruined wall, among thistles and red poppies.

A scholar am I still to the children, and also to the thistles and red poppies. Innocent are they, even in their wickedness.

But to the sheep I am no longer a scholar: so willeth my lot--blessings upon it!

For this is the truth: I have departed from the house of the scholars, and the door have I also slammed behind me.

Too long did my soul sit hungry at their table: not like them have I got the knack of investigating, as the knack of nut-cracking.

Freedom do I love, and the air over fresh soil; rather would I sleep on ox-skins than on their honours and dignities.

I am too hot and scorched with mine own thought: often is it ready to take away my breath. Then have I to go into the open air, and away from all dusty rooms.

But they sit cool in the cool shade: they want in everything to be merely spectators, and they avoid sitting where the sun burneth on the steps.

Like those who stand in the street and gape at the passers-by: thus do they also wait, and gape at the thoughts which others have thought.

Should one lay hold of them, then do they raise a dust like flour-sacks, and involuntarily: but who would divine that their dust came from corn, and from the yellow delight of the summer fields?

When they give themselves out as wise, then do their petty sayings and truths chill me: in their wisdom there is often an odour as if it came from the swamp; and verily, I have even heard the frog croak in it!

Clever are they--they have dexterous fingers: what doth MY simplicity pretend to beside their multiplicity! All threading and knitting and weaving do their fingers understand: thus do they make the hose of the spirit!

Good clockworks are they: only be careful to wind them up properly! Then do they indicate the hour without mistake, and make a modest noise thereby.

Like millstones do they work, and like pestles: throw only seed-corn unto them!--they know well how to grind corn small, and make white dust out of it.

They keep a sharp eye on one another, and do not trust each other the best.

Ingenious in little artifices, they wait for those whose knowledge walketh on lame feet,--like spiders do they wait.

I saw them always prepare their poison with precaution; and always did they put glass gloves on their fingers in doing so.

They also know how to play with false dice; and so eagerly did I find them playing, that they perspired thereby.

We are alien to each other, and their virtues are even more repugnant to my taste than their falsehoods and false dice.

And when I lived with them, then did I live above them. Therefore did they take a dislike to me.

They want to hear nothing of any one walking above their heads; and so they put wood and earth and rubbish betwixt me and their heads.

Thus did they deafen the sound of my tread: and least have I hitherto been heard by the most learned.

All mankind's faults and weaknesses did they put betwixt themselves and me:--they call it "false ceiling" in their houses.

But nevertheless I walk with my thoughts ABOVE their heads; and even should I walk on mine own errors, still would I be above them and their heads.

For men are NOT equal: so speaketh justice. And what I will, THEY may not will!--Thus spake Zarathustra.

同类推荐
  • 经方实验录

    经方实验录

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 十不善业道经

    十不善业道经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 物异

    物异

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 摩登女解形中六事经

    摩登女解形中六事经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • ON HEMORRHOIDS

    ON HEMORRHOIDS

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
热门推荐
  • 一季烟凉一季繁华

    一季烟凉一季繁华

    他是b大的大三校草,她是b大的小小新生。他们在迎新会上初次见面,他的俊美容颜使她为之倾倒,她的大胆也使他感到好奇,从而对她多了几分关注。无数次分分合合,使这对浑然天成的眷侣惺惺相惜。他说:此生不渝。她说:愿与君成。
  • 灵神之路之绝世灵神

    灵神之路之绝世灵神

    这是一个以灵力为主的世界,这里的每个人都会在自己10岁的时候令自己的灵力觉醒,灵力一共有六种属性:风,水,火,光,土,草。当然每个人只可修炼一种属性,然而令人可悲的是也有觉醒失败的,这些人注定一辈子成为奴隶…………当前世是神的柳灵风灵力觉醒,又将会以来怎样的风波呢?……少年林布自柳叶村而出,手持六灵神剑,脚踏龙族神龙,奔向了属于他的强者之路…………
  • 你是我的记忆

    你是我的记忆

    曾经的花开花落,都已烟消云散.曾经的云卷云舒,都已经遥远.为何,时间画了一个圈,一点一分的逝去还是忘不了我爱你。风吹散,人消瘦,岁月模糊了双眸,回忆却如洪水般的打过来车路过了季的春夏秋冬,你走过了我的悲欢离合。当你消失于风中的,离去。我还在等你
  • 寻梦断桥过客人

    寻梦断桥过客人

    诱惑的事业与亲情的压力,能湮灭爱情的桥梁吗?
  • 青春不散场之你还在

    青春不散场之你还在

    从一开始认识了你,我就知道那是一场不可避免的情,也许是注定好的吧,可就是这么巧,有人总会说些不好听的话,但我并不会在乎,甚至会为了你放弃我所有的一切,那美好的一切。那美好的过程与回忆,却也只是曾经。现在的我们,没有任何交集。后来的你,后来的我,只不过是时间变了,我们就截然不同了吗?这一场青春,我却都只是为了你,放弃了我最美好的人,而最后我等到的确是一句不可能…
  • 恶魔校草的纯情丫头

    恶魔校草的纯情丫头

    他们是一个帮派的帮主,而她们,只是普通家庭的女孩,两种完全不同的人,究竟会擦出怎样的爱情火花?
  • 最强技师

    最强技师

    他,是当初最强技术师他,因一场毕生追求的实验踏入生死不老他,被人凯窥逼入放逐之地数十年如今,他悄悄归来,只为一雪前仇!
  • 浪够了就回来,我依旧等你

    浪够了就回来,我依旧等你

    她是一个看着小小的女生,他是一个比她高出一个头还不只的男生,每天总会有那么多无聊的琐事伴随着他们,无意间感情培养了起来。不料这时,男二来了,一个留着齐刘海皮肤白身材好的男生成了小女生的关注对象渐渐的女生不再和他有那么多交集而他,还是一味地对他好即使看着女孩渐行渐远...
  • 往事回忆

    往事回忆

    『80后的烦恼』我们的经历!~首先是家庭的环境和个人因素,在就是现代社会的影响。幼年的时候天真可爱,童年的时候快乐的成长。大了以后烦恼随风而来。离开校园离开家的温暖,就什么不行了…『在家事事好~出门万事难』那时离开了学校。你就是这个社会的一份子了,踏上了人生的火车。来到了陌生的城市,能力有限。报着多干活少说话的原则。都说《男怕入错行女怕嫁错郎》那时只想赚钱,没想那么多,可是社会在前进。而我在适应努力适应,为了适应这样的环境,我们付出了许多的时间,青春,和太多的感情。我很不快乐的也不情愿付出,现在工作太难,要靠关系和实力,没人没关系就只能顾眼前,何来还谈起理想。经历了许多你会从中吸取经验,经验都是用伤痛换来的,路是自己选的也是自己走的,开心快乐自己争取,人能有几个十年,错过对过不去计较,有时候你为别人想想你会更开心幸福,哪怕没有回报,重要的是和自己家人和心爱的她在一起快乐的白头到老。我们曾许下诺言永远在一起永不分离,白头到老、为了这份爱,我哭过傻过,可是还是结束了这份爱,或许有和多人像我一样的经历。不过不愿意提起而已。注意事项:本文中也采集了大量的情感文字来感受其中的情节,也许某些情节是作者无法表达的,但剧情没有改变,夜里不想睡觉一个人静静的呆在家里不知道该做什么,打开电脑上QQ也不想聊天。只想听音乐看着电脑都不知道玩什么了。感觉他在玩我-听着歌:伤心的歌曲让俺流泪-抽着烟:有点恶心的感觉-盖着被。还是觉得冷冷的-都不知道做什么了-哭了有小会可是心情还是不好哟-别笑我-我也很脆弱啊友情链接作者:lc:QQ:1013617420群号:134252008邮箱:1013617420@qq.com笑对人生窝窝http://zhohuadushuluntan.5d6d.com/wowo/?50848645中华读书论坛网址笑对人生板块http://zhohuadushuluntan.5d6d.com/bbs.phphttp://jm1013617420.51.comhttp://qq1013617420.56.comhttp://zone.ku6.co
  • 亲生血液的专属心跳

    亲生血液的专属心跳

    血浓于水的我们,可以再亲上加亲吗?我爱你,可以舍弃做女儿,做女人的身份,所以,你能够爱我吗妈妈……