The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
HENRIK IBSENThe spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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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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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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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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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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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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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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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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You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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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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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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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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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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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 live is to war with trolls.
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Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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The devil is compromise.
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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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