Henrik Ibsen Quotes

Oh, yes — you
can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has
might on its side — unfortunately; but right it has not.

"To "those about to marry," Ibsen therefore says in effect, "Be sure you are not in love!" And to those who are in love he says, "Part!

Sjel, vær trofast til det siste!
Seirens seir er alt å miste.
Tapets alt din vinning skapte; -
evig eies kun det tapte.

A man who has the inventive genius can't control it exactly as he wishes. Its working depends in great measure on inspiration — on a momentary suggestion — and it is almost impossible to tell beforehand at what moment it will come.

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing

But he got right to the top. And I heard harps in the air. My - my master builder!

"Out there, where the sky shines, humans say: "To thyself be true". In here, trolls say: "Be true to yourself - ish." - Peer Gynt"

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

If you take the life lie from an average man, you take away his happiness as well.