Full Idea
The noble man wants to create new things and a new virtue. The good man wants the old things and that the old things shall be preserved.
Gist of Idea
The noble man wants new virtues; the good man preserves what is old
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.09)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.71
A Reaction
There is a limit to how many plausible virtues the noble men can come up with. We may already have run out. Are we going to have to re-run the Iliad?
Related Idea
Idea 23910 Greatness of soul produces all the virtues - and vice versa [Aristotle]