Famous Quotes | A refined soul is distressed to...
A refined soul is distressed to know that someone owes it thanks; a crude soul, to know that it owes someone thanks.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 2, p. 246, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Human, All-Too-Human, “Man in Society,” aphorism 330, “Thanks,” (1878).
Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Gratitude, Philosopher
