738 quotes found
Philosopher · German · 1844–1900
German philosopher (1844–1900)
“To do great things is difficult but to command great things is more difficult.”
“It is not the strength but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.”
“It is not a lack of love but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“The more you let yourself go the less others let you go.”
“Not to he who is offensive to us are we most unfair but to he who does not concern us at all.”
“Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups parties nations and epochs it is the ru)e.”
“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man but for this to endure it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”
“When one has not had a good father one must create one.”
“Wherever I found a living creature there I found the will to power.”
“There are no facts only interpretations.”
“The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity.”
“Profundity of thought belongs to youth clarity of thought to old age.”
“When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed.”
“Belief in form but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.”
“When thou goest to woman take thy whip.”
“Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.”
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.”