My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to c… — Georg Brandes

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs.

Georg BrandesCritic · Danish · 1842 – 1927

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. — Georg Brandes
The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. — Georg Brandes
It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow. — Georg Brandes