To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
HENRIK IBSENMarriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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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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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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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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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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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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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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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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It is no use lying to one’s self.
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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 worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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