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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Quote of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Men press towards the light, not...


Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist whose work deeply influenced modern thought.
Born: 1844 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Men press towards the light, not so as to see better, but so as to shine better.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Les hommes se pressent vers la lumière, non pour mieux voir, mais pour mieux briller.

German
Die Menschen drängen sich zum Lichte, nicht um besser zu sehen, sondern um besser zu glänzen.




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Quotes for: light


Quotes

Quotes about light:


All the diversity, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.





To love beauty is to see light.





Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.





How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.





Cinema is the form of modern writing whose ink is light.





Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.











Quotes

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche also said...




Let it not be your honor henceforth whence you come, but where you go!





The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.





... but we want to be the poets of our life—first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters.





All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;





Become who you are!





He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”












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