Friedrich Nietzsche

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A very popular error: having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one’s convictions.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Friedrich Nietzsche