To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
HENRIK IBSENThe greatest victory is defeat.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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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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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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The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself — thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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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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Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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