Maxioms by Henrik Ibsen
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. read more
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.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and read more
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.