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The man-at-arms is the only man.
Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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I must make up my mind which is right β society or I.
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A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.
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It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can't get rid of them.
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It's such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string β when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell!
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Oh, yes--you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side--unfortunately but right it has not.
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Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Itβs a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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