Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

“Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.”

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

“The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.”

“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.”

“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!”

“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.”