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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.

Henrik Ibsen

The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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Love People Yourself
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
To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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Heart Judgement Live Oneself Sit Troll War Writing
I don’t imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
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Fact Imagination Myself Present Willing
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
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
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
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
Oh yes, right-right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?
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Right Side Yourself
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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Crave Happiness Life Mark Spirit
Oh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
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Known Myself Right Yourself

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.

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