People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she...

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she...

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...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

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...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

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...

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....

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference