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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.

Henrik Ibsen

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
A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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Frame Judgement Man Point Present Society System View Woman
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
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
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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Himself Man Punishment Save Wrong
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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Character Mindset Myself Soul Wrinkle Writing
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
An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
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Live Myself Poem Responsibility Romantic
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
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
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
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
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young

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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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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