Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

War to the death against depravity - depravity is Christianity.

War to the death against depravity - depravity is Christianity.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred...

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred...

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.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

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...

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

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,...

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

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...

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

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

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

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me...

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me...