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The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.

Henrik Ibsen

I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never.
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Endurance Power Subject Thinking Thought Yourself
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
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Day Man Night Sorrow Woman
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
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Friendship Lying Oneself
Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
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Human Myself Responsibility Role
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
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
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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Act Courage Known Possible Release
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
I’m inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that.
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Belief Inheritance Mom Myself Thinking
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
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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Food Friendship Happiness Important Material Money Peace Reality Value Wisdom

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