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

Topics: Confidence Quotes, Gifts Quotes, Trust Quotes

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

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

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

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...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of...

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....

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...

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

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

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

Im not upset that you lied to me, Im upset that from now on I...

Im not upset that you lied to me, Im upset that from now on I...

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's...

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's...

This above all; to thine own self be true.

This above all; to thine own self be true.