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It is no use lying to one’s self.

Henrik Ibsen

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
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
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
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
To see one’s goal and to drive toward it, steeling one’s heart, is most uplifting.
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Goals Heart Oneself See Uplift
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
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
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild

It is no use lying to one’s self.

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