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Quotes from Niels Lyhne — Jens Peter Jacobsen

1847–1885 Denmark

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However high a mortal may set his throne, however firmly he may place upon his brow the tiara of exception that signifies genius, he can never be perfectly sure that he may not some day, like King Nebuchadnezzar, be seized with the strange desire to go on all-fours and eat grass with the meanest beasts of the field.

Niels Lyhne (1880)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jens Peter Jacobsen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.