What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Was mich nicht umbringt macht mich stärker.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols

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Topic

Resilience Overcoming adversity Adversity Character

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Twilight of the Idols

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

German

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer]. 1889.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Frederick. Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, translated by Walter Kaufman and R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990.

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There are no foreign land; it is the traveller only that is foreign.

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What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

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Time
1994 1990s 20th century
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Bukowski, Charles. How Is Your Heart. c. 1994.

Another quote originally in German

God at bottom is nothing but an exalted father.

Sigmund Freud

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Nature of God God

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Sigmund Freud
Source
Totem and Taboo
Genre
Sociology
Language
German
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Totem und Tabu Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker [Totem and Taboo Some Similarities in the Soul Life of the Wild and the Neurotic]. Beacon Press, 1913, ch. 4, sect. 6. Originally published in Imago, c. 1912.

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Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Time management Waking up Sleep Good habits Habits

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1735 1730s 18th century
Era
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1735.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.