We need only think of the number of talented men who sooner or later make their apologies and concessions to philistinism, so as to… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men. — Georg Brandes Copy Share
My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother. — Georg Brandes Copy Share
When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance. — Georg Brandes Copy Share
The historian is looked upon as objective when he measures the past by the popular opinions of his own time, as subjective when he… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
It appears to Nietzsche that the modern age has produced for imitation three types of man ... First, Rousseau's man, the Titan who raises… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave. — Georg Brandes Copy Share
What has here happened is that the instinct of cruelty, which has turned inwards, has become self-torture, and all man's animal instincts have been… — Georg Brandes Copy Share
