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> [But I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that “walks” in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/but-i-almost-think-we-are-all-of-us-ghosts-it-is-not-only-what-we/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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> [''It is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that again in us, but all sorts of old dead ideas and all kinds of old beliefs and things of that kind. They are not actually alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/it-is-not-only-what-we-have-inherited-from-our-fathers-and-mothers/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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## More by Henrik Ibsen

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/the-majority-is-never-right-never-i-tell-you-that-s-one-of-these-lies/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/what-s-to-become-of-the-morally-sound-left-out-in-the-cold-i-suppose/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/when-we-dead-awaken-we-see-that-we-have-never-lived/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [“To be oneself on a basis of gold is no better than founding one’s house on the sand. For your watch, and your ring,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/to-be-oneself-on-a-basis-of-gold-is-no-better-than-founding-one-s/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/look-into-any-man-s-heart-you-please-and-you-will-always-find-in/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/different-people-have-different-duties-assigned-them-by-nature-nature/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/there-is-always-a-risk-in-being-alive-and-if-you-are-more-alive-there/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [It is not for a care-free existence I am fighting, but for the possibility of devoting myself to the task which I believe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/it-is-not-for-a-care-free-existence-i-am-fighting-but-for-the/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [“Nora: It's true Torvald. When I lived at home with Papa, he used to tell me his opinion about everything, and so I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/nora-it-s-true-torvald-when-i-lived-at-home-with-papa-he-used-to-tell/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [Each bird must sing with his own throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/each-bird-must-sing-with-his-own-throat/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/i-propose-to-raise-a-revolution-against-the-lie-that-the-majority-has/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [But I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/but-i-almost-think-we-are-all-of-us-ghosts-it-is-not-only-what-we/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [“A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/a-thousand-words-leave-not-the-same-deep-impression-as-does-a-single/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/home-life-ceases-to-be-free-and-beautiful-as-soon-as-it-is-founded-on/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

> [“You see, the fact is that the strongest man upon earth is he who stands most alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/you-see-the-fact-is-that-the-strongest-man-upon-earth-is-he-who/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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