Henrik Ibsen Quotes
Most popular Henrik Ibsen Quotes

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much from someone!

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

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

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

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

Marriage is something you have to give your whole heart and mind to.

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

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

To see one's goal and drive toward it, Steeling one's heart, is most uplifting!

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

Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Castles in the air — they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.

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

Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.

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.
Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.