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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

You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Different Independent Oneself People Responsibility Sing
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
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
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
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
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
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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Life Myself Possible Realize
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility

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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