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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

Henrik Ibsen

Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
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
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
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Action Dare Game Happiness Winning
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
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
I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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Believe Equality Human Humanity Myself Value Worth
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
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
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
Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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Country Ghost Light Myself Newspaper
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

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

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