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Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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It is not for a care-free existence I am fighting, but for the possibility of devoting myself to the task which I believe and know has been laid upon me by God -- the work which seems to me more important and needful in Norway than any other, that of arousing the nation and leading it to think great thoughts.
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And what if I did run my ship aground oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived.
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...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.
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People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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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 rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools?
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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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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.
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In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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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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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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A forest bird never wants a cage.
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