Henrik Ibsen's best quotes
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. · Take the life-lie from an average man and you take his happiness away at the same time. · All or nothing.. (Updated May 20, 2026.)
From Love's Comedy and Brand to Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People and The Wild Duck: Ibsen's best-known lines, the ones that became sayings.
Automatically translated (original in Norsk). See the original
Top 12
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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
An Enemy of the People (1882).
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Take the life-lie from an average man and you take his happiness away at the same time.
The Wild Duck (1884).
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All or nothing.
Brand (1866).
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Whatever you are, be it fully and wholly, not in bits and pieces.
Brand (1866).
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Only what is lost is owned forever.
Brand (1866).
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One doesn't die in the middle of the fifth act.
Peer Gynt (1867).
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You shouldn't read to devour, but to see what you can use.
Peer Gynt (1867).
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Back and forth, it's just as far; out and in, it's just as narrow.
Peer Gynt (1867), the Boyg.
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Peer, you're lying!
Peer Gynt (1867), the opening line.
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Where the starting point is maddest, the result is often most original.
Peer Gynt (1867).
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You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
An Enemy of the People (1882).
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And even if I've run my ship aground, oh, it was still lovely to sail!
Love's Comedy (1862).
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