A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
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A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
- Success has always been a great liar.
- The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
- A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
- Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
- The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
- A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
- When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
- It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.
- Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.
- The future influences the present just as much as the past.
Best Quotes
- It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it.
- One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
- Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
- I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books the other two are too small but they like the movies.
- In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.
- Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!
- There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain.
- The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
- There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
- In a gentle way, you can shake the world.