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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

Henrik Ibsen

Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
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
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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Character Himself Modeling Rate
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
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
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
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
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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Deal Demand Life Right
I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.
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Feature Hold Man Right
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Finding Heart Himself Man Please

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