A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse nature by knowing that it owes thanks to some one

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Nature Quotes

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

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...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are...

When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are...

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

All the gods are dead except the god of war

All the gods are dead except the god of war

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them