Henrik Ibsen said this quote

“ While I think of it, Mr. Werle, junior — don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies. ”

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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

~ Henrik Ibsen

To live is to war with trolls.

~ Henrik Ibsen

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.

~ Henrik Ibsen