Jens Peter Jacobsen

Quotes

• “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 , be seized with the strange desire to go on all-fours and eat grass with the meanest beasts of the field.”
• “"There is no God, and man is His prophet," said Niels bitterly, but with a touch of sadness."Yes, exactly!" jeered Hjerrild; a moment afterwards he said, "Yet atheism is exceedingly modest in its claims, for its object is really nothing or less than to disillusion mankind. The belief in a God who guides and judges is man's last great illusion, and when this is gone—what then? He will be wiser; but richer, happier? I do not see it."”

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Key facts

Born

( 1847-04-07 ) 7 April 1847, Thisted , Denmark

Died

30 April 1885 (1885-04-30) (aged 38), Thisted, Denmark

Occupation

Writer

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