"I was at home then in the world……" — Georg Brandes
"I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values."
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38 Quotes by Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes has 38 quotes on this site.
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I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to…
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The appalling thing about war is that it kills all love of truth.
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It is useless to send armies against ideas.
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Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave.
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I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.
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The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity....
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My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my…
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When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.
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School is a foretaste of life.
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Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life…
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The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.
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A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been…
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More Figures Quotes
This quote is filed under Figures Quotes,
one of 2,652 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure…
— Aristotle
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
— Lance Armstrong
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It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I…
— David Attenborough
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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the…
— Charles Babbage
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I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
— Lauren Bacall
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Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.
— Michele Bachmann
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I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I…
— Kevin Bacon
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I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them…
— Erykah Badu
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No one can figure out your worth but you.
— Pearl Bailey
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially…
— Russell Baker
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I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other…
— Christian Bale
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