Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a wh

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Other quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both – a philosopher. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Philosophy
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All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Future
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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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power
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Other Quotes from
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I have made this [letter] longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter. – Blaise Pascal, Lettres Provinciales, 1657, translated from French

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Brevity

The fewer the words, the better the prayer. – Martin Luther

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Brevity

He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. – Rabelais, Pantagruel

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Brevity

Beware of expanding what is clear…. A literary work is produced by means of art, a book by means of ink and paper. You may produce a work in two pages, and only make a book although you fill ten volumes folio. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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Brevity

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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Joseph Addison

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Age

I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends. – Orlando Bloom

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dating

A good book has no ending. – R.D. Cumming

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I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech. – Stockwell Day

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