"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."

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The theme of experience is universal, yet Henrik Ibsen manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on experience often shapes our reality.

About Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatrical realism but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. In 2014, Ibsen was considered the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Store norske leksikon describes him as "the center of the Norwegian literary canon".

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"Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse."

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"What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!"

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"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others."

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"I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born."

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"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

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