Henrik Ibsen - Man Quotes

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You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

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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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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.

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Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.

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If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.

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The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.

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It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.

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Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you, Nora – bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves.
Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.

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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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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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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?

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Take the life-lie away from the average man and straightaway you take away his happiness.

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One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands still in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by so doing that he has just lost it.

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The thing is, you see, that the strongest man in the world is the man who stands most alone.

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What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: to be himself.

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What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.

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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.

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

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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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