Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman. – Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies