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The Wild Duck QUOTES

The Wild Duck QUOTES

1 " Most people are ennobled by the actual presence of death. But how long do you suppose this nobility will last in him? "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

2 " While I think of it, Mr. Werle, junior — don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

3 " Demonisk er bare noe sludder jeg fant for å berge livet i ham. Hadde jeg ikke så gjort, hadde det stakkars svinet bukket under i selvforakt og fortvilelse for mange herrens år siden. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

4 " Werle: "I believe there is no one in the world you detest as you do me."

Gregers: "I have seen you at too close quarters. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

5 " Det ved jeg, at til ægteskabet hører barnet også, og barnet skal I lade i fred. Hedvig får I værs'go holde udenfor. Hende skal I fare varsomt med, siger jeg, for ellers kan I komme til at gøre en ulykke på hende. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

6 " Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

7 " Men are funny characters, they must always have something to bemuse them. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

8 " The forests avenge themselves. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

9 " Because there is surely nothing in the world that can compare with happiness of forgiveness and of lifting up a guilty sinner in the arms of love. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

10 " A man who has the inventive genius can't control it exactly as he wishes. Its working depends in great measure on inspiration--on a momentary suggestion--and it is almost impossible to tell beforehand at what moment it will come. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

11 " He is suffering from an acute attack of integrity. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

12 " No, I don't think one ought to be at everybody's beck and call. Anyway, I'm not going to be. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

13 " ...brug ikke det udenlandske ord: Idealer, vi har jo det gode norske Løgne. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

14 " Nei, dessverre, han er ikke galere enn folk pleier å være. Men en sykdom har han riktignok i kroppen. Han lider av akutt rettskaffenhetsfeber. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

15 " Først er det nu denne brysomme rettsskaffenhetsfeberen, og så det som verre er, -alltid går De og ørsker i tilbedelsesdelirium; alltid skal De ha noe å beundre utenfor Deres egne greier. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

16 " Ne upotrebljavajte stranu reč: ideali. Pa mi imamo dobru našu reč: laži. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

17 " RELING: Ako dopuštate, - kakva je vaša sudbina?
GREGERS: Da budem za stolom trinaesti. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

18 " A man's moral character may be completely sapped; that is the dreadful part of it. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

19 " Gina. I wish to goodness that detestable thing had never set his foot inside our doors! "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck

20 " Å, personlighet – han! Hvis han noensinne har hatt ansats til den slags abnormiteter som De kaller personlighet, så er både røttene og trevlene blitt grundig ekstirpert allerede i gutteårene; det kan jeg forsikre Dem. "

― Henrik Ibsen , The Wild Duck