Better know nothing than half-know many things

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least...

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of...

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...