Henrik Ibsen on oneself
Henrik Ibsen129 quotes“Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.”
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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen 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.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen 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.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Oh yes, right-right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen 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.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen
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Alison ButcherAlison Butcher Abundance is my birthright it starts with harvesting my inner light.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst I believed in the magic we made, but you were the magician and i was merely your puppet on stage.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia Eternity is vague. Let me fill in the blanks with you.
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Abel StarcAbel Starc His promises looked so promising that she just ignored the blatant truths.
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