And again there are those who regard it as virtue to say: “Virtue is necessary”; but after all they believe only that policemen are necessary.

And many a one who cannot see men’s loftiness, calleth it virtue to see their baseness far too well: thus calleth he his evil eye virtue.⁠—

And some want to be edified and raised up, and call it virtue: and others want to be cast down⁠—and likewise call it virtue.

And thus do almost all think that they participate in virtue; and at least everyone claimeth to be an authority on “good” and “evil.”

But Zarathustra came not to say unto all those liars and fools: “What do ye know of virtue! What could ye know of virtue!”⁠—