Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Quotations

Henrik Ibsen Quotes

» 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? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.

» It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.

» Castles in the air - -they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build as well.

» Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your ''emancipation.'' You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields -- discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West -- superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.

» A forest bird never wants a cage.

» 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.

» Don't use that foreign word ''ideals.'' We have that excellent native word ''lies.''

» You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.

» I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!

» The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.

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