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Quotation from The True Story of My Life by Hans Christian Andersen
“at first an immense deal of adversity to go through, and then they will be famous.”
The True Story of My Life, Chapter I, trans. Mary Howitt
At fourteen, explaining to his mother why he wants to go to Copenhagen: he has read that famous men begin this way.
Citation: "at first an immense deal of adversity to go through, and then they will be famous." — Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, Chapter I, trans. Mary Howitt. (id the-true-story-of-my-life-q4)
Portrait: Hans Christian Andersen by Thora Hallager 1869, Thora Hallager, Public domain.
