Occupation: Playwright Birth: March 20, 1828 Death: May 23, 1906
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will..
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians..
There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart..
There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each ot….
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes..
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society..
Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You hav….
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
A forest bird never wants a cage..
The devil is compromise..
Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too..
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish..
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke..
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with..
I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself..
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!.
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk..
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?.
Really to sin you have to be serious about it..
In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances..