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To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?

Henrik Ibsen

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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Love People Yourself
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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Known Myself Stand World
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Beautiful Freedom Home Life
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself — thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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Criticism Essential Feeling Finding Himself Mistake Thinking
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
This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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Experience Life
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
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Fear Friendship Restriction
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Lying Myself Writing
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
I’m afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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Afraid Capital Education Invention Machine Myself Science
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
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
The man-at-arms is the only man.
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Distance Man
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?

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