"Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is..." - Quote by Voltaire
Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.
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“Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.”
“Our drives are reducible to the will to power. The will to power is the ultimate fact at which we arrive.”
“What difference, if you are mistaken? For if I am mistaken, I am. For he who is not, assuredly cannot be mistaken; and therefore I am, if I am mistaken. Therefore because I am if I am mistaken, how am I mistaken that I am, when it is sure that I am, if I am mistaken.”
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“He will have to learn, I know, that all people are not just- that all men and women are not true. Teach him that for every scoundrel there is a hero that for every enemy there is a friend. Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest people to lick.”
“Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.”
“He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.”