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

Quote by Georg Brandes

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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 not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

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

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 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...

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...

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

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...

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...