Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher

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The future influences the present just as much as the past
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself
Success has always been a great liar
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness
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
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays