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The greatest victory is defeat.

Henrik Ibsen

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
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
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
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
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
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 strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
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
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
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 starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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Man Master Procrastination Punctual World
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
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself

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