Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
HENRIK IBSENI must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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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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The devil is compromise.
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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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There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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