"It is not the strengths, but the..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men.
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“I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yea-sayer!”
“If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.”
“The vain.- We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us - in order to deceive ourselves.”
More on Greatness
“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”
“Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.”
“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”
More on Endurance
“Love can never grow old. Looks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.”
“You know, women always could endure more than men. Not only physically, but mentally - did you ever get a peek at some of the husbands?”
“Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity and custom; and most men only die because they know not how to prevent dying.”