Author: Henrik Ibsen

Quotes

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!

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!

- Henrik Ibsen

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

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

- Henrik Ibsen

A forest bird never wants a cage.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

- Henrik Ibsen

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.

- Henrik Ibsen

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

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

- Henrik Ibsen

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

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

- Henrik Ibsen

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

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

- Henrik Ibsen

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

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

- Henrik Ibsen

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

- Henrik Ibsen

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