5 quotes
A witticism is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
Human, All Too Human (1878)
On the heights it is warmer than people in the valleys suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognises the full import of this simile.
Human, All Too Human (1878)
Merchant and pirate...for a long period are one and the same person...Even to-day mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement on piratical morality.
Human, All Too Human (1878)
He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.
Human, All Too Human (1878)
Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.
Human, All Too Human (1878)