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

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a...

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

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

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

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...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

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.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

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

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

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

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

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

Better know nothing than half-know many things

Better know nothing than half-know many things

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...

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...

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...