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The greatest victory is defeat.
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 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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Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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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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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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Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.
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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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