The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
HENRIK IBSENThe strong must learn to be lonely.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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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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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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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 forest bird never wants a cage.
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Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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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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What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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The devil is compromise.
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Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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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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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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