No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone
German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history.
Man is the cruelest animal
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once
I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood
Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake
One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors
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