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Quote from Henrik Ibsen,


"One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding.
Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says,
‘I have it', merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it."


By:

Henrik Ibsen (more quotes by Henrik Ibsen or books by/about Henrik Ibsen)


(1828-1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet

Source:

1971

Categories:

Ignorance, Liberty, Perseverance, Proverbs

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