If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
HENRIK IBSENEverything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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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, 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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Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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The majority never has right on its side.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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