What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
HENRIK IBSENI don’t imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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Nobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
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People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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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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Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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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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I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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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.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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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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