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

Henrik Ibsen

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
Oh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
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Known Myself Right Yourself
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
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
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never.
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Endurance Power Subject Thinking Thought Yourself
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
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
A party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney.
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Head Machine Togetherness
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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Friendship Live Myself Need
It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Finance Follow Rest Sports
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing

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