The greatest victory is defeat.
HENRIK IBSENOh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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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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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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When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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I’m afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never.
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Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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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’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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