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I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.

Henrik Ibsen

I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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Decent Health People Wasted Time
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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Friendship Live Myself Need
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
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
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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Fools Freedom Intelligence Lying Majority People Population Right
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
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
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
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
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
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 sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
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General Nature Possession Power Sea

I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.

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I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.

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