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

Quote by Georg Brandes

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I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

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

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

Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had...

Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had...

School is a foretaste of life.

School is a foretaste of life.

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked...

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked...

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from...

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from...

I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.

I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none...

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none...

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of...

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of...

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in...

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in...

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him...

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him...

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one...

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one...

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than...

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than...

I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying...

I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying...

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

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

When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my...

When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my...

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my...

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my...

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good...

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good...

But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to...

But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to...