"With one more talent one frequently stands..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.
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“Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.”
“One has to know the size of one's stomach.”
“I live in my own place - have never copied anyone even half, and at any master who lacks the grace - to laugh at himself - I laugh.”
More on Talent
“Iker has never stopped being one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For me, Iker is a top goalkeeper and has never not been.”
“It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.”
“Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.”
More on Stability
“Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . . We must strive for normalcy to reach stability.”
“Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.”
“A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill”