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.
HENRIK IBSENIt is no use lying to one’s self.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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The man-at-arms is the only man.
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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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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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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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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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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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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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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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