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the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary
The best part of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House:
RANK. I have often heard Mrs. Linde's name mentioned here. I think I passed you on the stairs when I arrived, Mrs. Linde?
MRS. LINDE. Yes, I go up very slowly; I can't manage stairs well.
RANK. Ah! some slight internal weakness?
MRS. LINDE. No, the fact is that I have been overworking myself.
RANK. Nothing more than that? Then I suppose you have come to town to amuse yourself with our entertainments?
MRS. LINDE. I have come to look for work.
RANK. Is that a good cure for overwork?
MRS. LINDE. One must live, Doctor Rank.
RANK. Yes, the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary.
NORA. Look here, Doctor Rank -- you know you want to live.
RANK. Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible. All my patients are like that.
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