BrainyQuote
Home - Quote of the Day - Topics - Authors - Quiz - Words - Professions - Birthdays
Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Georg Brandes Quotes
Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.
Georg Brandes



Biography
Author Profession: Critic
Nationality: Danish
Born: February 4, 1842
Died: February 19, 1927

Links
Amazon: Georg Brandes on Amazon
Cite this Page: Citation








Select Georg Brandes Quotations
I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.
Georg Brandes

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school.
Georg Brandes

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

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.
Georg Brandes

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs.
Georg Brandes

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

All Georg Brandes Quotations



Words
Brother, Good, Great, Had, Imagination, Instead, Junior, Just, Life, Longer, More, Myself, Nurse, Protect, Real, Real Life, School, Strength, Taken, Time, Two, Use, Warrior, Years
Definitions
Brother, Good, Great, Had, Imagination, Instead, Junior, Just, Life, Longer, More, Myself, Nurse, Protect, Real, School, Strength, Taken, Time, Two, Use, Warrior
BrainyQuoteBrainyQuote

Site
Home
Quote of the Day
Topics
Authors
Quiz
Words
Professions
Birthdays

Mobile
BrainyQuote Mobile

Social
BQ on Facebook
BQ on Twitter
BQ on Google+

Syndication
Quote of the Day Feed
Art Quote of the Day
Funny Quote of the Day
Love Quote of the Day
Nature Quote of the Day

About Us
Our Story
Inquire
Advertise
Submit
Privacy
Terms

Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote     BookRags Media Network