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Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.

Henrik Ibsen

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
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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Children Fake Home Lying School
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
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
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
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
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
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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Action Leave Word
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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Experience Life
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Alone Man Strong

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