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The strong must learn to be lonely.

Henrik Ibsen

There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.
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Freedom Heart Knowledge Satisfaction Sweet
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
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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Build Castle Easy
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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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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Excellence Foreign Ideal Lying Word
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
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
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
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’m inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that.
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Belief Inheritance Mom Myself Thinking

The strong must learn to be lonely.

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