Full Idea
The history of moral feeling is completely different from the history of moral concepts. The former are powerful before, the latter especially after an action in view of the compulsion to pronounce upon it.
Gist of Idea
Moral feelings are entirely different from the moral concepts used to judge actions
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 034)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.29
A Reaction
I think he places the feelings in our animal origins, and the concepts in rather unnatural cultures.