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.
HENRIK IBSENDo you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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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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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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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 strong must learn to be lonely.
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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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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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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 great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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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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