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is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.

Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves. Henrik Ibsen

is like a ship... every one ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A community is like a ship... every one ought to be prepared to take the helm

is altogether different in the two sexes, but in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man.

There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other... but in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man. Henrik Ibsen

is not martyrdom simply by virtue of dying in agony upon a cross. He must first will his own execution.

To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr... he must first Will his own execution. Henrik Ibsen

is shackles. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. Henrik Ibsen

is sure to leave a deeper impression than a thousand words.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Henrik Ibsen

The greatest victory is defeat. Henrik Ibsen

is a set of spectacles through which one will see clearly a second time.

The spectacles of experience... through them you will see clearly a second time. Henrik Ibsen

is most costly not in what one does for a friend, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.

The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing. Henrik Ibsen

is the best ally one could have. He is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future. Henrik Ibsen

is, in many respects, a kind of truth. We are all haunted by things inherited from our father and mother that 'walk' in us, and that all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs nevertheless cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off.

Ghosts! ['] I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that 'walks' in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off. Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sands of the sea. And then we are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light. Henrik Ibsen

is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence. Henrik Ibsen

is a kind of defiance. To crave for happiness in this life is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion.

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life. Henrik Ibsen

is a thing we have no right to. Thus, to crave it in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt.

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness' Henrik Ibsen

is worth a daring deed and we become free if we but will it.

Happiness is worth a daring deed... we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won. Henrik Ibsen

is always wrong... the minority is rarely right.

The majority is always wrong... the minority is rarely right. Henrik Ibsen

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools' Henrik Ibsen

 it takes fifty years for it to be right.

Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified' Was the majority right when they refused to believe that the earth moved around the sun and let Galileo be driven to his knees like a dog' It takes fifty years for the majority to be right. The majority is never right until it does right. Henrik Ibsen

1s 2ruths are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie.

What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports' They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen. Henrik Ibsen

is the husk of things, 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.

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. Henrik Ibsen

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