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

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

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,...

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...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

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...

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

Only sick music makes money today.

Only sick music makes money today.

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...

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

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...

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.