Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice
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"Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice" is a dictum by Nietzsche from Beyond Good and Evil.
In original German this reads "Das Christentum gab dem Eros Gift zu trinken - er starb zwar nicht daran, aber entartete, zum Laster."
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