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
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.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
We should not talk about our friends: otherwise we will talk away the feeling of friendship.
Sometimes in our relationship to another human being the proper balance of friendship is restored when we put a few grains of impropriety onto our own side of the scale.
The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.
A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.