Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Translated by Walter Kaufmann, Vintage Books, 1966, p. 80.
Bush was not a stupid man although he seemed so at times. He was anti-intellectual, had little intellectual curiosity and read little. However his speaking oratory skills were not very strong, although he was very affable and effective with small groups. This was one of his many gaffs.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869 at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life; he completed much of his core writing in the following decade. In 1889, at age 44, he suffered a collapse and afterward a complete loss of his mental faculties. He lived his remaining years in the care of his mother until her death in 1897 and then with his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. Nietzsche died in 1900.
