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 IBSENIf only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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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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In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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