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

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

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...

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

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

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

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...

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ......

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ......

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a...

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

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

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

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...

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.

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

Friendship is like a book, It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes...

Friendship is like a book, It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes...