"Idleness is the parent of psychology." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"Idleness is the parent of psychology."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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1,640 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
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If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
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Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which…
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Hold a true friend with both your hands.
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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
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The last Christian died on a cross.
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The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that…
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The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.
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Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.
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Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the…
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The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit…
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How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of…
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A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the…
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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Never get out of bed before noon.
— Charles Bukowski
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Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.
— Julie Burchill
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
— Samuel Butler
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is…
— Anton Chekhov
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from…
— Agatha Christie
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It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.
— William J. Clinton
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
— Benjamin Franklin
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One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers…
— Samuel Johnson
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