It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
HENRIK IBSENOh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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The devil is compromise.
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What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
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The man-at-arms is the only man.
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And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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