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You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

Henrik Ibsen

The man-at-arms is the only man.
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Distance Man
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
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
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
It’s not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It’s all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can’t get rid of them.
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Belief Death Father Inheritance Ourselves Walk
The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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Himself Injustice Man Worst
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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Build Castle Easy
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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Children Fake Home Lying School
People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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Decent Health People Wasted Time
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Average Happiness Himself Man Stroke

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