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 IBSENThe worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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To live is to war with trolls.
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When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
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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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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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