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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Cynicism Quotes, Honesty Quotes

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

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...

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits...

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

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.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...