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

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it -...

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it -...

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...

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one...

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

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....

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...