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

Henrik Ibsen

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
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Achievement Man Transformation Willing
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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Agreement Confidence Forgiveness Marriage Myself
There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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Conscience Different Kind Law Man Practice Spirituality Woman
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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Character Mindset Myself Soul Wrinkle Writing
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
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Lying Myself Raise Revolution Truth
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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Decent Health People Wasted Time
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing

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