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“Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.”
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“But life does not consist of words.
Life consists of reality.”
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Life consists of reality.”
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“Svava: "Rule number one: Never make a fool of yourself."
Riis: "Rule number two: Never be a burden to any one."
Svava: "Rule number three: Always be in the fashion.”
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Riis: "Rule number two: Never be a burden to any one."
Svava: "Rule number three: Always be in the fashion.”
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“I want to go away, oh so far, far away.”
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“I will tell you why I have been so happy before: it was because I did not really love any one; from the day we love someone, we cease to be happy.”
― A Happy Boy
― A Happy Boy
“Ah, no! He who is ambitious is never happy.”
― A Happy Boy
― A Happy Boy
“{Bjørnson on the great Colonel Robert Ingersoll, whom he translated into Norwegian}
I am very sorry that, when I was in America, I did not have the opportunity to grasp the hand of a man who, with the sword, fought to free from bodily slavery three millions of people, and who has shown the way to intellectual freedom to many millions more. I envy the land that brings forth such glorious fruit as Ingersoll.”
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I am very sorry that, when I was in America, I did not have the opportunity to grasp the hand of a man who, with the sword, fought to free from bodily slavery three millions of people, and who has shown the way to intellectual freedom to many millions more. I envy the land that brings forth such glorious fruit as Ingersoll.”
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“Bendita a primavera da vida, breve,
Cujo sopro tudo atravessa!
A forma desaparece
Enquanto o ser parar vida desperta.
Gerações se sucedem
No esforço de evoluir;
Espécie produz espécie,
Em tempos que não têm fim;
Mundos inteiros se erguem e se declinam!
Mergulha nos encantos da vida, ó flor,
Na ourela da primavera;
Louvando a vontade do Eterno,
Aproveita tua curta existência.
Acrescenta a ela, criativa,
Também o teu óbolo;
Breve e hesitante,
Sopra o quanto agüentares,
A tua parcela de vida ao dia eterno!”
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Cujo sopro tudo atravessa!
A forma desaparece
Enquanto o ser parar vida desperta.
Gerações se sucedem
No esforço de evoluir;
Espécie produz espécie,
Em tempos que não têm fim;
Mundos inteiros se erguem e se declinam!
Mergulha nos encantos da vida, ó flor,
Na ourela da primavera;
Louvando a vontade do Eterno,
Aproveita tua curta existência.
Acrescenta a ela, criativa,
Também o teu óbolo;
Breve e hesitante,
Sopra o quanto agüentares,
A tua parcela de vida ao dia eterno!”
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“This, Oyvind, has been a well-merited recompense. You have not studied from love of your religion or of your parents; you have studied from vanity.”
― A Happy Boy
― A Happy Boy
“Ingrid søkte å friske henne ved å minne om hvor mangen glede de tre rett hadde hatt sammen; men da gikk det her som så ofte at hver liten erindring fra de dager hvorover solskinnet leker, nu i sorgen smelter opp til tårer.”
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“Der bra folk går, der er guds veje!”
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“I do not share your faith, your daring dreaming;
This parts us not, the spirit's paths are broad.
For, all things great and noble round us streaming,
I worship them, because I worship God.”
― Poems and Songs
This parts us not, the spirit's paths are broad.
For, all things great and noble round us streaming,
I worship them, because I worship God.”
― Poems and Songs
“Intet forhold er helt vort, før sorgen har rørt ved det. Intet ideal, uden at den har åndet på det. Ingen forståelse før den har set ind i vore øjne. Vort sind er som et kammer, fuldt af besøgende — indtil sorgen træder ind, stille eller hårdt; da blir det vort eget, da er vi hos os selv.”
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“Jeg er nu nætop højtidelig udstødt af Grundtvigs lejr – fordi jeg ikke kan, ikke vil have ”djævelen” med udi samme lejr.”
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“Honest investigation can result only in growth.”
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“...den store folkesygdom, kilden til al vor fortræd, er den sort kristendom, som af træle prækes for træle, og hvori hælvedes-straffen og læren om guds-billedet, ifølge hvilken alt fribåret (som menneske-båret) er synd, bare synd, – holder folket ræd, hælvedes-ræd, præste-ræd.”
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“These tears at the dance were the forerunners of those at the wedding. Between them lay Oyvind's faith and his work.”
― A Happy Boy
― A Happy Boy




