Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Nils Kjaer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Norwegian playwright Nils Kjaer.
Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Nils Kjaer

Nils Kjær was a Norwegian playwright, short story writer, essayist, literary critic and theatre critic.

He who strays discovers new paths. — © Nils Kjaer
He who strays discovers new paths.
It is those who get lost, who find the new ways.
At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'.
Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block.
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