And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
HENRIK IBSENThe spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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Nobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
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It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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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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Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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