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What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.

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'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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The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes.
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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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The majority is always wrong the minority is rarely right.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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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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The greatest victory is defeat.
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...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.
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Ive had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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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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The man-at-arms is the only man.
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It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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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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