“If you take the life lie from an average man, you take away his happiness as well.”

Relling, Act V
The Wild Duck (1884)

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Tar De livsløgnen fra et gennemsnitsmenneske, så tar De lykken fra ham med det samme.

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Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet 1828–1906

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