In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.
Friedrich NietzscheEvery man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
Friedrich NietzscheBehind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.
Friedrich Nietzsche