Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
HENRIK IBSENWhat ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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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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Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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It is no use lying to one’s self.
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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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Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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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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The man-at-arms is the only man.
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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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