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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Henrik Ibsen

The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
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Live Myself Poem Responsibility Romantic
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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Call Follow Glow Myself Radiance
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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Beginning Pick Understand Yourself
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
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
Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Brave Courage Life Live Oneself
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
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
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
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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