Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
HENRIK IBSENTo live is to war with trolls.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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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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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘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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A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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