I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
HENRIK IBSENThe strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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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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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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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 great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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The devil is compromise.
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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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Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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