All Henrik Ibsen Quotes
Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies."
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The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.
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The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
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These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes.
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The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
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What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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