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Henrik Ibsen
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“There are three Empires. First there is the Empire which was founded on the tree of knowledge. Then there is the Empire founded on the tree of the Cross. The third is still a secret Empire which will be founded on the tree of knowledge and the tree of the Cross — brought together.”
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Recorded in: Emperor and Galilean (1873), as quoted by Lester B. Pearson in his address on accepting the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway (10 December 1957)
“That power which circumstances placed in my hands, and which is an emanation of divinity, I am conscious of having used to the best of my skill. I have never wittingly wronged any one. For this campaign there were good and sufficient reasons; and if some should think that I have not fulfilled all expectations, they ought in justice to reflect that there is a mysterious power without us, which in a great measure governs the issue of human undertakings.”
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Recorded in: The Emperor Julian, as portrayed in Emperor and Galilean (1873).
“Erring soul of man — if thou wast indeed forced to err, it shall surely be accounted to thee for good on that great day when the Mighty One shall descend in the clouds to judge the living dead and the dead who are yet alive!”
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Recorded in: Makrina, in Emperor and Galilean (1873), Final lines.
“At leve er — krig med trolde i hjertets og hjernens hvælv. At digte, — det er at holde dommedag over sig selv.”
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Recorded in: Et vers (A Verse), inscribed on the volume Poems (1877)
“The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish. The great secret of action and victory is to be capable of living your life without ideals. Such is the sum of the whole world's wisdom.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Ibsen Calendar : A Quotation from the Works of Henrik Ibsen for Every Day (1913) by C. A. Arfwedson
“I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.”
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Recorded in: Letter to Georg Brandes (3 January 1882).
“The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions — to destroy.”
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Recorded in: Letter of 1883, quoted in The Drama of Ibsen and Strindberg (1962) by Frank Laurence Lucas, p. 34.
“It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Book of Poisonous Quotes (1993) edited by Colin Jarman, p. 232.
“I thank God that in the bath of Pain He purged my love. What strong compulsion drew Me on I knew not, till I saw in you The treasure I had blindly sought in vain. I praise Him, who our love has lifted thus To noble rank by sorrow, — licensed us To a triumphal progress, bade us sweep Thro' fen and forest to our castle-keep, A noble pair, astride on Pegasus!”
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“I feel myself like God's lost prodigal; I left Him for the world's delusive charms. With mild reproof He wooed me to his arms; And when I come, He lights the vaulted hall, Prepares a banquet for the son restored, And makes His noblest creature my reward. From this time forth I'll never leave that Light, — But stand its armed defender in the fight; Nothing shall part us, and our life shall prove A song of glory to triumphant love!”
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“Tho' Doubt's beleaguering forces hem us in, Yet Truth upon the Serpent's head shall trample. The cause of Love shall win —”
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“Yes, Love shall win!”
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“An unromantic poem I mean to make Of one who only lives for duty's sake.”
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“I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell! God bless thee, bride of my life's dawn, Where'er I be, to nobler deed thou'lt wake me.”
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“Ikke tusend ord sig prenter, som én gernings spor.”
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“Tabets alt din vinding skabte — Evigt ejes kun det tabte!”
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“Brand: Svar mig, Gud, i dødens slug! gælder ej et frelsens fnug mandeviljens quantum satis? [Skreden begraver ham; hele dalen fyldes.] En Røst: [Räber gennem tordenbragene] Han er deus caritatis!”
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“Peer, du lyver!”
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“Om jeg hamrer eller hamres, ligefuldt så skal der jamres!”
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“Ja, tænke det; ønske det; ville det med; men gjøre det! Nej, det skjønner jeg ikke!”
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“Hvad skal manden v’re? Sig selv, det er mit korte svar.”
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“Really to sin you have to be serious about it.”
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“I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. You are very fond, sir, of talking about the consideration we owe to the community; it seems to me, however, that the community has its duties too. 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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“Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.”
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“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.”
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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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“Nora.Look here, Doctor Rank - you know you want to live.”
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“Rank.Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible.”
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“I don't know whether you find also in your part of the world that there are certain people who go zealously snuffing about to smell out moral corruption, and, as soon as they have found some, put the person concerned into some lucrative position where they can keep their eye on him. Healthy natures are left out in the cold.”
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“What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.”
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“Many a man can save himself if he admits he's done wrong and takes his punishment.”
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“Jeg har en sånn umåtelig lyst til å si: død og pine.”
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“You don't get nothing for nothing in this life.”
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“There is a big black hat and it makes you invisible. Have you heard of that hat? You put it on and then no one can see you.”
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“The black, cold, icy water. Down and down, without end — if it would only end.”
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“But our home's been nothing but a playpen. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's doll-child. And in turn the children have been my dolls. I thought it fun when you played with me, just as they thought it fun when I played with them. That's been our marriage, Torvald.”
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“If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.”
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“I have other duties equally sacred … Duties to myself.”
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“Helmer: First and foremost, you are a wife and mother. Nora: That I don't believe any more. I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as you are.”
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“To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?”
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“Mor, gi’ mig solen.”
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.”
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“There is one thing I esteem higher than that; and that is for a man to be self-reliant and sure of himself.”
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“I have already told you that what I want to speak about is the great discovery I have made lately - the discovery that all the sources of our moral life are poisoned and that the whole fabric of our civic community is founded on the pestiferous soil of falsehood.”
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“Flertallet har aldrig retten på sin side. Aldrig, siger jeg! Det er en af disse samfundslígne, som en fri, t’nkende mand må gíre oprír imod. Hvem er det, som udgír flertallet af beboerne i et land? Er det de kloge folk, eller er det dé dumme? Jeg taenker, vi får vaere enige om, at dumme mennesker er tilstede i en ganske forskraek kelig overv’ldende majoritet rundt omkring på den hele vide jord. Men det kan da vel, for fanden, aldrig i evighed vaere ret, at de dumme skal herske over de kloge!”
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“Flertallet har magten — desværre —; men retten har det ikke. Retten har jeg og de andre få, de enkelte. Minoriteten har altid retten.”
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“The common people are nothing more than the raw material of which a People is made.”
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“En skulde aldrig ha’ sine bedste buxer på, når en er ude og strider for frihed og sandhed.”
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“Sagen er den, ser I, at den stærkeste mand i verden, det er han, som står mest alene.”
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“Always do that, wild ducks do. They shoot to the bottom as deep as they can get, sir — and bite themselves fast in the tangle and seaweed — and all the devil's own mess that grows down there. And they never come up again.”
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