Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has …

Friedrich Nietzsche
1258 citations
Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.
Death Time
6

More Author Quotes

Not the intensity but the duration of high feelings makes high men. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). Basic Writings of Nietzsche, p.270, Modern Library
How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of force! ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). Beyond Good and Evil, p.42, Friedrich Nietzsche
Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new.
In certain pious people I have found a hatred of reason, and have been favourably disposed to them for it: their bad intellectual conscience was at least exposed by that!
That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). The Essential Nietzsche, p.55, Courier Corporation

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes