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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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...

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

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...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

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.

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...

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...

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

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...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

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 best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

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...