Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzschewas a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life, and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 October 1844
CityRocken, Germany
CountryGermany
Perhaps no one as yet has been truthful enough about what "truthfulness" is.
It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.
When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.
The truthful man ends up realizing that he always lies.
And nobody lies as much as the indignant do.
There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.
The mouth may lie, alright, but the face it makes nonetheless tells the truth.
I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!
The weak and misbegotten shall perish: first principle of our brotherly love. And they shall be given every assistance.
We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses.
He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much.
Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.
In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.
Man is more sensitive to the contempt that others feel towards him than to the contempt that he feels towards himself.