It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
HENRIK IBSENBut a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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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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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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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.
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If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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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 forest bird never wants a cage.
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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 majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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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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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
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