Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
HENRIK IBSENOh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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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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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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Oh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
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A forest bird never wants a cage.
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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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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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Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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