And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
HENRIK IBSENA party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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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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Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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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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The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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