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Georg Brandes Quotes

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness Picture Quote #1

Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior Picture Quote #1

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it Picture Quote #1

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values Picture Quote #1

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year Picture Quote #1

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion Picture Quote #1

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Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me Picture Quote #1

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house Picture Quote #1

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour Picture Quote #1

The crowd will follow a leader who marches twenty paces ahead of them, but if he is a thousand paces ahead of them, they will neither see nor follow him Picture Quote #1

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one’s feeling of honour Picture Quote #1

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother Picture Quote #1

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It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow Picture Quote #1

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs Picture Quote #1

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not Picture Quote #1

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types Picture Quote #1

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems Picture Quote #1

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity Picture Quote #1

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I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness (Georg Brandes Quotes) Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior (Georg Brandes Quotes) My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it (Georg Brandes Quotes) I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values (Georg Brandes Quotes) But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year (Georg Brandes Quotes) A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion (Georg Brandes Quotes) Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me (Georg Brandes Quotes) Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house (Georg Brandes Quotes) I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour (Georg Brandes Quotes) The crowd will follow a leader who marches twenty paces ahead of them, but if he is a thousand paces ahead of them, they will neither see nor follow him (Georg Brandes Quotes) I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one’s feeling of honour (Georg Brandes Quotes) It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother (Georg Brandes Quotes) It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow (Georg Brandes Quotes) My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs (Georg Brandes Quotes) On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not (Georg Brandes Quotes) Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types (Georg Brandes Quotes) That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems (Georg Brandes Quotes) The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity (Georg Brandes Quotes)

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