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Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

Henrik Ibsen

Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.
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Feature Hold Man Right
Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
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Bad Early Family Hard Time Mom
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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Happiness Himself Life Man
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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Excellence Foreign Ideal Lying Word
I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working
I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
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Lying Myself Raise Revolution Truth
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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Count Society Yourself
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories

Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

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