Henrik Ibsen Quotes
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.
Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.
What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are--or, at all events, that I must try and become one.
The right? Ah, what does it help to be in the right if you don't have any power?
She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s boots in bad weather
Most people are ennobled by the actual presence of death. But how long do you suppose this nobility will last in him?
You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
While I think of it, Mr. Werle, junior — don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
Cage an eagle and it will bite at the wires, be they ofiron or of gold.
Yes you may depend upon it he has the ability! He is the younger generation that stands ready to knock at my door - to make an end of Halvard Solness.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
