Top 34 Quotes by Georg Brandes

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

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

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

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

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

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

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

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

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

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