Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Cynicism Quotes, Honesty Quotes

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Fear is the mother of morality

Fear is the mother of morality

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood:...

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood:...

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...

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

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...

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

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...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

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...

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.