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Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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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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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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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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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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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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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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I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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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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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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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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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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It is no use lying to one's self.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.
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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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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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