"The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child."

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Source : Georg Brandes (2015). “Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)”, p.6, WILLIAM HEINEMANN

Georg Brandes

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“A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.”
“Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without hope you are dead inside. The only way to face the future is to fly straight into it on the wings of hope....hope is the energy of the soul. Hope is the power of tomorrow.”
“A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.”

Source : C.S. Friedman (2001). “In Conquest Born”, p.350, Penguin
“An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half.”
“People imitate their leader. Lead by example.”
“God abides in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is hidden in His commandments", says St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps everyone who strives to keep His commandments. That God abides in us we know by the Spirit, which He has given us. This means that a Christian is never alone, but that he lives and works together with the Thrice-Holy God.”
“I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.”
“Jump Street merging with MiB I think that's clean and rad and powerful.”

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