"The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to……" — Friedrich Nietzsche
"The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility."
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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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The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit…
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
— Wernher von Braun
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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
— Lydia M. Child
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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
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If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there…
— Rumi
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If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able…
— Thomas Merton
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Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me…
— Robert Frost
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The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the…
— Saadi
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Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them…
— William James
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Cookery means…English thoroughness, French art, and Arabian hospitality; it means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and…
— John Ruskin
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink…
— Bible
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