Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy...

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

Lift up your hearts, you good dancers, high! higher! And do not forget the good...

Lift up your hearts, you good dancers, high! higher! And do not forget the good...

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope...

The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope...

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of...

There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life...

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life...