The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden … - Georg Brandes

" "
The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

Georg Brandes

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Georg Brandes

Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (4 February 1842 – 19 February 1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Georg Morris Cohen Brandes • Morris Cohen

All quotes from Georg Brandes Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Georg Brandes:

Oscar Levy Friedrich Nietzsche José Ortega y Gasset John Carroll Richard M. Weaver

Additional quotes by Georg Brandes

Instead of trying to educate the human race, they should imitate the pedagogues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who concentrated their efforts on the education of a single person.

Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.

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

The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men. - Georg Brandes

About Georg Brandes

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Georg Brandes

Try QuoteGPT