Being gifted needs courage.

Quote by Georg Brandes

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Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

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...

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to...

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to...

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

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

School is a foretaste of life.

School is a foretaste of life.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of...

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of...

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...

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...

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at...

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at...

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...

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...

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a...

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a...

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...

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it...

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it...

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

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

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my...

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my...

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...

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...

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...