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"33 Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 20 March 1828. Died: 23 May 1906 | Playwright |

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life

Spirit Rebellion Crave Happiness
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I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Imagine Fact Present Stupid people
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A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

Thousand words Deep impression
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To live is to war with trolls.

Live War Trolls
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You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Strongest man World Stands Alone
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Never Loved me Pleasant Me
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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

Some people Loves
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.

Make up Mind Right Society
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I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are--or, at all events, that I must try and become one.

Believe Reasonable Human being
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You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Never wear Best trousers Freedom
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But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves." "It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.

Man Sacrifice Honor Loves
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The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom among us is the compact majority

Most dangerous Enemy Truth Freedom
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It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.

Release Premeditated act Courage
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To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

Live War Heart Soul
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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.

Average man Life illusion Happiness
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There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.

Much falsehood Home School Speak
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One's life is a heavy price to pay for being born.
One's life Price Being born
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Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.

Happiness Worth Daring deed Game
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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.

Scientific man Style
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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me light glinting on broken glass.

Moon Shinning Light glinting Broken glass
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There are people one loves and others one likes to talk to

People Loves Likes Talk to
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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.

Everything Touch Destines Farcical
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People want only special revolutions, in externals, in politics, and so on. But that's just tinkering. What is really is called for is a revolution of the human mind.

People Special revolutions Politics
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I thought you understood where I'd lost what you call my heart at the time.

Understood Lost My heart Time
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Because there is surely nothing in the world that can compare with happiness of forgiveness and of lifting up a guilty sinner in the arms of love.

World Compare Happiness Forgiveness
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Men are funny characters, they must always have something to bemuse them.

Men Funny characters Something
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You have made an empty place within me; and I must try to fill it up with something—with something that is a little like love.

Empty Place Within me Fill it
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First condition of a happy marriage is the absence of love, and the first condition of an enduring love is the absence of marriage.

Happy marriage Love
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What good would that ever do me if you were gone from this world, as you say? Not the slightest.

Good Gone World
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You possibly believe I keep the glue Of lies for Happiness's in a broken jar?

Possibly believe Keep Happiness
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The White God is coming northward; him will I not meet; the old gods are strong no longer;—they sleep, they sit half shadow- high;—with them will we strive!

White God Coming northward Old gods Strong
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The right? Ah, what does it help to be in the right if you don't have any power?

Right Help Any power
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It is the small losses in life that cut one to the heart.

Small losses Cut Heart
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Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Sayings