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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Henrik Ibsen

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority
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Mass Myself Subject
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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Believe Equality Human Humanity Myself Value Worth
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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Circumstance Decision Moments Victory
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Finding Heart Himself Man Please
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Deal Demand Life Right
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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