The devil is compromise.
HENRIK IBSENTo die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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To live is to war with trolls.
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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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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To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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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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Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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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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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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Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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