--- title: "5 Man and woman Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche" description: "5 Man and woman quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche. Plus more from Friedrich Nietzsche and more Man and woman sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_feminism_comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-ma_365828.jpg" --- > [“Comparing man and woman generally, one may say that woman would not have the genius for adornment, if she had not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-may-say-that-woman-would-not/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_feminism_comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-ma_365828.jpg) > [“How each sex has its own prejudice about love — Despite all the concessions that I am willing to make to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/how-each-sex-has-its-own-prejudice-about-love-despite-all-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/friedrich-nietzsche-15_become-rich_how-each-sex-has-its-own-prejudice-about_466158.jpg) > [Thus do I want man and woman to be: the one fit to wage war and the other fit to give birth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/thus-do-i-want-man-and-woman-to-be-the-one-fit-to-wage-war-and-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/friedrich-nietzsche-15_birth_thus-do-i-want-man-and-woman-to-be-the-o_1845948.jpg) > [The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-same-passions-in-man-and-woman-nonetheless-differ-in-tempo-hence/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/friedrich-nietzsche-15_funny-relationship_the-same-passions-in-man-and-woman-nonet_1927562.jpg) > [Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for ornamentation if she did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/comparing-man-and-woman-on-the-whole-one-may-say-woman-would-not/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/friedrich-nietzsche-15_compare_comparing-man-and-woman-on-the-whole-one_2947774.jpg) ## Other authors on Man and woman - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/abhijit-naskar/) - [Swami Dhyan Giten 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/swami-dhyan-giten/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-louis-farrakhan-61376.jpg) Louis Farrakhan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/louis-farrakhan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brigham-young-19723.jpg) Brigham Young 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/brigham-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mohsin-hamid-68894.jpg) Mohsin Hamid 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/mohsin-hamid/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joss-whedon-53730.jpg) Joss Whedon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/joss-whedon/) ## More by Friedrich Nietzsche > [Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/animals-know-nothing-of-themselves-and-they-also-know-nothing-of-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is FREE from the crowd, the many, the majority-- where he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/every-select-man-strives-instinctively-for-a-citadel-and-a-privacy/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“It breaks my heart. Better than your words, your eye tells me all your peril. You are not yet free, you still search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/it-breaks-my-heart-better-than-your-words-your-eye-tells-me-all-your/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“79. A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/79-a-soul-which-knows-that-it-is-loved-but-does-not-itself-love/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/we-deceive-ourselves-when-giving-respect-to-the-person-for-whom-we/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-great-periods-of-our-life-occur-when-we-gain-the-courage-to/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable against everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/what-is-life-life-that-is-continually-shedding-something-that-wants/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/it-is-thus-only-this-personal-feeling-of-misery-that-we-get-rid-of-by/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/writers-whose-thoughts-are-expressed-with-clarity-and-precision-are/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“he does not wear a twitching, mobile, human face, but rather a mask, as it were, with its features in dignified equilibrium; he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/he-does-not-wear-a-twitching-mobile-human-face-but-rather-a-mask-as/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/chastity-is-a-virtue-with-some-but-with-many-it-is-almost-a-vice/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [The earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-earth-is-like-the-breasts-of-a-woman-useful-as-well-as-pleasing/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“Of all that is written I love only what a man has written in his own blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/of-all-that-is-written-i-love-only-what-a-man-has-written-in-his-own/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/no-shepherd-and-one-herd-everybody-wants-the-same-everybody-is-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [Pain makes hens and poets cackle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/pain-makes-hens-and-poets-cackle/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-and-woman/friedrich-nietzsche/#itemlist", "name": "5 Man and woman Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Comparing man and woman generally, one may say that woman would not have the genius for adornment, if she had not the instinct for the secondary role.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich Nietzsche" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-may-say-that-woman-would-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_feminism_comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-ma_365828.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_feminism_comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-ma_365828.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_feminism_comparing-man-and-woman-generally-one-ma_365828.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Comparing man and woman generally, one may say that woman would not have the genius for adornment, if she…” — Friedrich Nietzsche", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How each sex has its own prejudice about love — Despite all the concessions that I am willing to make to the prejudice in favor of monogamy, I will never admit the claim that man and woman have equal rights in love; these do not exist. 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A woman’s passion in its unconditional renunciation of rights of her own presupposes precisely that on the other side there is no equal pathos, no equal will to renunciation; for if both partners felt impelled by love to renounce themselves, we should then get—I do not know what; perhaps an empty space? Woman wants to be taken and accepted as a possession, wants to be absorbed into the concept of possession, possessed Consequently, she wants someone who takes, who does not give himself or give himself away; on the contrary, he is supposed to become richer in “himself”—through the accretion of strength, happiness, and faith given him by the woman who gives herself. Woman gives herself away, man acquires more—I do not see how one can get around this natural opposition by means of social contracts or with the best will in the world to be just, desirable as it may be not to remind oneself constantly how harsh, terrible, enigmatic, and immoral this antagonism is. For love, thought of in its entirety as great and full, is nature, and being nature it is in all eternity something “immoral.” Faithfulness is accordingly included in woman’s love; it follows from the definition. In man, it can easily develop in the wake of his love, perhaps as gratitude or as an idiosyncratic taste and so-called elective affinity; but it is not an essential element of his love—so definitely not that one might almost speak with some justification of a natural counterplay of love and faithfulness in man. For his love consists of wanting to have and not of renunciation and giving away; but wanting to have always comes to an end with having. It is actually man’s more refined and suspicious lust for possession that rarely admits his “having,” and then only late, and thus permits his love to persist. 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