A friend married is a friend lost.
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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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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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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I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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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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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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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 strong must learn to be lonely.
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I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority
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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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Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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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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