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A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.

Henrik Ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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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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I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
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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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So to conduct one's life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle 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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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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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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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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Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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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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Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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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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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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I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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