deaf-ear

Updated: May 22, 2025

For at present, at least, we have but one enemy at present! and it is that band of aesthetes, to whom the word Bayreuth means the completest rout they have taken no share in the arrangements, they were rather indignant at the whole movement, or else availed themselves effectively of the deaf-ear policy, which has now become the trusty weapon of all very superior opposition.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thoughts out of Season Part I