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Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

Henrik Ibsen

It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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Act Beautiful Courage Known Liberty
I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority
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Mass Myself Subject
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
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
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Food Friendship Happiness Important Material Money Peace Reality Value Wisdom
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Achievement Man Transformation Willing
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Beautiful Freedom Home Life
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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Beginning Pick Understand Yourself
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
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
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
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
Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
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Day Man Night Sorrow Woman

Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

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Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

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