Henrik IbsenThe man-at-arms is the only man.372Sadness
Henrik IbsenEverything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.361Philosophy
Henrik IbsenTo live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind372LoveThought
Henrik IbsenDon't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies. ✨ The Wild Duck.362Thought
Henrik IbsenA thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. ✨ 'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'. Speech to the Confederation of Norwegia… ▶362Sadness
Henrik IbsenTo see one's goal and to drive toward it, steeling one's heart, is most uplifting. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (1983*). Seven plays362Love
Henrik IbsenIn your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. ✨ Henrik Ibsen, James Walter McFarlane, Gr… ▶351PoliticsThought
Henrik IbsenWriting has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (1964). Letters and speeches352Humanity
Henrik IbsenBut a scientific man must live in a little bit of style. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2016). An Enemy of the People, p.12, Henrik Ibsen341Humanity
Henrik IbsenMrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.356Time
Henrik IbsenA party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney.291Humor
Henrik IbsenYou have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2015). A Doll's House: Illustrated, p.80, eKitap Projesi357LoveThought
Henrik IbsenSo 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.335HumanityLife
Henrik IbsenAh, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of … ▶3710ReadingThought
Henrik IbsenA forest bird never wants a cage. ✨ Henrik Ibsen, James Walter McFarlane, Jens Arup (1998). Four Major Plays, p.339, Oxford University Press, USA281Hope
Henrik IbsenA community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated), p.2145, Delphi Classi… ▶314Death
Henrik IbsenThe spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated), p.1935, Delphi Cla… ▶336HumanityTruth
Henrik IbsenI don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2013). Delphi Comp… ▶3610HumanityTimeTruth
Henrik IbsenThere can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (2005). A Doll's House - Literary Touchstone Edition, p.12, Prestwick … ▶348Life
Henrik IbsenOne of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, 'I have i… ▶338Hope
Henrik IbsenIt is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.3510Politics
Henrik IbsenIt's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty. ✨ Henrik Ibsen, James Walter M… ▶3410Philosophy
Henrik IbsenPoetry is to hold judgment on your soul.317Love
Henrik IbsenLabor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.306Thought
Henrik IbsenThe majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. Who is it that constitute the… ▶328HumanityTimeTruth
Henrik IbsenHome life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (1965). A doll's house, p.31, Рипол Классик252Life
Henrik IbsenTo live is to war with trolls. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (1972). The Oxford Ibsen: Brand. Peer Gynt296Time
Henrik IbsenIf you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.307Love
Henrik IbsenWhat ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'. ✨ 'Peer Gynt' (1867) act 4308Life
Henrik IbsenWhat is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?253Death
