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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