Is Wagner actually a man? Is he not rather a disease? Everything he touches falls ill; he has made music sick

Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick.

The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of its diseases is called man.

Man is more ape than many of the apes

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.

We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.