Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want tokeep on living after their death must take worry not only about their future generations but even more about their past: that is why tyrants of all kinds (including tyrannical artists and politicians) like to do violence to history, so that it will appear as a preparation and stepladder to themselves.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human. Translated by R.J. Hollingdale, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 384.
Honore Gabriel Victor Requiti
After much persecution of Quakers and forbidding them from holding public meetings, Cromwell switched tactics and accepted the Quaker leadership word for the fact that they would not use civil force to damage the civil government. After getting George Fox’s agreement, Cromwell invited Fox and the Quaker leadership to state dinner and has surprised when the Quakers “stiffed” the Lord Protector and just went home. The source for this is Fox himself so may be a little subjective.
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.
