black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The devil is compromise.

Henrik Ibsen

Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
HENRIK IBSEN

Marriage Mindset Yourself
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.
HENRIK IBSEN

Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
HENRIK IBSEN

Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
HENRIK IBSEN

Community Myself Preparation
To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
HENRIK IBSEN

Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
HENRIK IBSEN

Majority Myself Revolution
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
HENRIK IBSEN

Life Yourself
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
HENRIK IBSEN

Close Live Myself Relate Writing
The strongest men are the most alone.
HENRIK IBSEN

Alone Man Strong
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
HENRIK IBSEN

Cold Healing Sick Sound
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
HENRIK IBSEN

Serious Sin Yourself
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
HENRIK IBSEN

Fall Religion State
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.
HENRIK IBSEN

Criticism Essential Feeling Finding Himself Mistake Thinking
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
HENRIK IBSEN

Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
HENRIK IBSEN

Brave Courage Life Live Oneself
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
HENRIK IBSEN

Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat

The devil is compromise.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The devil is compromise.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henrik Ibsen Quotes