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But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.

Henrik Ibsen

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
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
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
So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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Life Myself Possible Realize
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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Count Society Yourself
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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Love People 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
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
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
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
Oh yes, right-right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?
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Right Side Yourself
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
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word

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