Excellent Quote by Henrik Ibsen Download Open image “Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.” — Henrik Ibsen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellent Ideals Lies Native Use
“Don't use that exotic word "ideals". We have a good enough native word: "lies".” — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
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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… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick. — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
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I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth. — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
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