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Georg Brandes quotes: I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals.

I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals.

Georg Brandes quotes: He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

Georg Brandes quotes: I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

Georg Brandes quotes: The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them.

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them.

Georg Brandes quotes: I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.

I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.

Georg Brandes quotes: It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

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

Georg Brandes quotes: I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

Georg Brandes quotes: Those [Christians] had left to love on earth were then: brothers and sisters in hatred, whom they called then: brothers and sisters in love.

Those [Christians] had left to love on earth were then: brothers and sisters in hatred, whom they called then: brothers and sisters in love.

Georg Brandes quotes: It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

Georg Brandes quotes: The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

Georg Brandes quotes: Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave.

Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave.

Georg Brandes quotes: What is public opinion? It is private indolence.

What is public opinion? It is private indolence.

Georg Brandes quotes: Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

Georg Brandes quotes: I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

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

Georg Brandes quotes: On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.

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

Georg Brandes quotes: I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

Georg Brandes quotes: Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.

Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.

Georg Brandes quotes: School is a foretaste of life.

School is a foretaste of life.

Georg Brandes quotes: The appalling thing about war is that it kills all love of truth.

The appalling thing about war is that it kills all love of truth.

Georg Brandes quotes: I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Georg Brandes quotes: The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

Georg Brandes quotes: But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

Georg Brandes quotes: Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Georg Brandes quotes: Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

Georg Brandes quotes: I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

Georg Brandes quotes: The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

Georg Brandes quotes: The educator shall help the young to educate themselves in opposition to the age.

The educator shall help the young to educate themselves in opposition to the age.

Georg Brandes quotes: It is useless to send armies against ideas.

It is useless to send armies against ideas.

Georg Brandes quotes: The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.

The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.

Georg Brandes quotes: When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.

When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.

Georg Brandes quotes: Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.

Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.

Georg Brandes quotes: The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

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.

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: That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.