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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher
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On Truth:
All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
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On Comprehension:
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth
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On Life:
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting
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On Sense:
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses
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On Woman:
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
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On Religion:
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands
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On Love:
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy
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On Writing:
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness
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On Truth:
In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain
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On Memory:
Many a man fails to become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is too good
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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