Who said “A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both…”?

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Henrik Ibsen. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceThe Wild Duck (1884), Hjalmar, Act IV

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“A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.”
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Ibsen, H. (n.d.). A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22845-a-marriage-based-on-full-confidence-based-on/

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Ibsen, Henrik. “A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22845-a-marriage-based-on-full-confidence-based-on/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Ibsen, Henrik. “A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22845-a-marriage-based-on-full-confidence-based-on/.