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No victor believes in chance. - [Chance] Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. - [Laughter] Not to him who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all. - [Apathy] One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. - [Immortality] One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. - [Lying] One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes. - [Promises] One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. - [Chaos] One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. - [Opinion] One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. - [Death] One's belief in truth begins with doubt of all truths one has believed hitherto. - [Belief] Only sick music makes money today. - [Music] Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal. - [Shortcomings] Out of passions grow opinions; mental sloth lets these rigidify into convictions. - [Passion] Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness. - [Attitude] Plato was a bore. - [Philosophers] Possessions are generally diminished by possession. - [Possession] Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out. - [Love] Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings. - [Friendship] Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age. - [Death] That which does not kill me makes me stronger. - [Adversity] That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much. - [Proof] The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god. - [Body] The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite. - [Hypocrisy] The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself. - [Fighting] The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go. - [Self] Displaying page 3 of 5 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5
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