We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that. But perhaps for the right to have our opinions and to change them.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

Blessed are the forgetful; for they get the better even of their blunders

Blessed are the forgetful; for they get the better even of their blunders

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

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.

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

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

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...

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...

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

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?

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the...

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the...

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.

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

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

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

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.

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...