Full Idea
The sight of man now makes us tired - what is nihilism today if it is not that? …We are tired of man…
Gist of Idea
Modern nihilism is now feeling tired of mankind
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], I.§12)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals', ed/tr. Diethe, Carol [CUP 1997], p.25
A Reaction
That is close to Hume's nihilist, who would destroy the world to protect his own finger from a scratch. The actor George Sanders committed suicide because he was bored. Don't ever think that Nietzsche was a nihilist, just because he mentions it a lot!