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The spectacles of experience through them you will see more clearly a second time.

Henrik Ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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Henrik Johan Ibsen
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You don't get nothing for nothing in this life.
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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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Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.
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It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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The majority never has right on its side.
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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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I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell!
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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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And what if I did run my ship aground oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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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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When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived.
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