Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher
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The visionary denies the truth to himself, the liar only to others
The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity
The strongest have their moments of fatigue
The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go
The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself
The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite
That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much
That which does not kill me makes me stronger
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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
Human, All Too Human
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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