Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Henrik IbsenRead
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Everyone has unique roles and talents that are inherent to their nature.
In this quote, Henrik Ibsen emphasizes the idea that individuals are born with different abilities and responsibilities, akin to how each bird has its own distinct song. This reflects the belief that fulfillment comes from understanding and embracing one's own unique contributions to the world, rather than trying to mimic others.
Themes
IndividualityNatureDutyTalentUniqueness
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech to encourage students to discover their passions.
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All quotes →The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. Who is it that constitute the majority of the population in a country? Is it the clever folk, or the stupid? I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.
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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 have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields - discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West - superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.
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One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.
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It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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