Quote #38

I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

More from Henrik Ibsen

  1. It is inexcuseable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
  2. Neither moral concepts nor art forms can expect to live forever. How much are we obliged to hold on to? Who can guarantee that 2 plus 2 don…
  3. 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 m…
  4. 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.
  5. The future cannot come, for when it comes it's already past.
  6. Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build, too.
  7. The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
  8. A forest bird never wants a cage.

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