Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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• During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.

  

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• I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.

  

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• There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.

  

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• After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.

  

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• Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.

  

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• And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance but bitter memories of what might have been.

  

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• The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • God
  • Men
  • Self-depreciation