Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson — a remark

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“The greatest thing God can grant is not to be called famous and great, but to truly become a human being.”

Original: Det største som Gud kan gi, er ikke å kalles berømt og stor, men menneske rett å bli. — Values genuine humanity above worldly fame and status · Moral writings (Norwegian)

About Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

8 December 1832–26 April 1910

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was born on 8 December 1832 in Kvikne, a mountain district in what is now Innlandet, Norway, and died on 26 April 1910 in Paris. During his long life he became, by turns and often simultaneously, a novelist, poet, dramatist, editor, theatre director, lecturer, political agitator, public…

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