Henrik Ibsen Quotes

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• Really to sin you have to be serious about it. Inspirational
• There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart. Forgiven
• The man-at-arms is the only man. Arms
• Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too. Air
• I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth. Lie
• Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing. Feared
• Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new… Acquisition
• In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. All
• Each bird must sing with his own throat. Bird
• Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves. Dark
• The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must… Absolutely
• Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less. Count
• It is no use lying to one's self. Inspirational
• There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. Beauty
• Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world. All
• So to conduct one's life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of… All
• Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence. All
• Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to. Give
• The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes. First Individualizes
• Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle… Character

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