Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
"Gehst du zum Weibe, so vergiss die Peitsche nicht"
English translation:
Thou goest to women?Do not forget thy whip!
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Susan Geiblinger
Jun 9, 2003 09:46
21 yrs ago
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German term
"Gehst du zum Weibe so vergiss die Peitsch nicht."
German to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Quote from F. Nietsche
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4 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
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Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!
This seems to be the most common translation of the phrase, which is one several Web sites.
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Note added at 2003-06-09 09:58:03 (GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, I meant is ON several Web sites.
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Note added at 2003-06-09 09:58:03 (GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, I meant is ON several Web sites.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. I wouldn't have known where to start looking."
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6 mins
"Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!"Thus spake Zarathustra.
:-(!!!
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Note added at 2003-06-09 09:54:00 (GMT)
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http://www.thecry.com/existentialism/zarathustra/1-18.html
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Note added at 2003-06-09 09:54:00 (GMT)
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http://www.thecry.com/existentialism/zarathustra/1-18.html
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Vesna Kudumija
Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
Native in: Croatian 
Works in: German to Croatian, English to Croatian, Croatian to English, and 3 more.
"If you are going to see a woman, do not forget to take your whip with you."
This sentence just summarized a negative attitude towards women as creatures who are to be kept in obedience to their master i.e. man; they have to be tamed and/or punished.
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