What did Henrik Ibsen mean by: To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself. Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway Copy
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Fall, Religion, State, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
A party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Conformity, Diversity, Unity, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Martyrdom, Sacrifice, Willpower, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Law, Misery, Order, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Freedom, Happiness, Victory, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Happiness, Life, Rebellion, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Confinement, Growth, Limitation, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henrik Ibsen, Healing, Isolation, Morality, 0 Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
