"When good friends praise a gifted person..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.
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“It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.”
“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth... Through words and concepts we shall never reach beyond the wall off relations, to some sort of fabulous primal ground of things.”
More on Praise
“Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.”
“O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.”
“We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.”
More on Friendship
“A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.”
“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
“Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions, because we have made them a texture of wine and dreams, instead of the toughfibre of the human heart. The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals.”