John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9664 Friedrih Wilhelm Nietzshe 1844-1900 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9664 |
| AUTHOR: | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) |
| QUOTATION: | Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Maxims. |