Better know nothing than half-know many things

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

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...

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

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.

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Only sick music makes money today.

Only sick music makes money today.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...