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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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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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Money brings you food, but not appetite medicine, but not health acquaintances, but not friends.
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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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Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
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It is no use lying to one's self.
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It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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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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...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite medicine, but not health acquaintance, but not friends servants, but not loyalty days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
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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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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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The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
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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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Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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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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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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The devil is compromise.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
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