"Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good." ― Friedrich Nietzsche Topic(s): Good Tags: fails More From Friedrich Nietzsche "What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man." "What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?" "Success has always been a great liar." More In Good "When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."― Samuel Johnson "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."― Washington Irving "You must rouse into people’s consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character."― Luc de Clapiers