"Poor is the power of the lead that……" — Georg Brandes
"Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types."
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38 Quotes by Georg Brandes
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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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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
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Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing…
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise…
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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