What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
HENRIK IBSENMarriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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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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Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself — thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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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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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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This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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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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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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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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