"But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves." "It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done." - Henrik Ibsen

oh, that was a terrible time for me, I can tell you. I kept the blinds drawn down over both my windows. When I peeped out, I saw the sun shining as if nothing had happened. I could not understand it. I saw people going along the street, laughing and talking about indifferent things. I could not understand it. It seemed to me that the whole of existence must be at a standstill — as if under an eclipse.

But good God, people don’t do such things!

Dr. Stockmann. 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 hole fabric of our
civic community is founded on the pestiferous soil of falsehood.