Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”

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

“The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes.”

“One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, 'I have it,' merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.”

“Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.”

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

“The devil is compromise.”

“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.”