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

Henrik Ibsen

There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner
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
Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
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Human Myself Responsibility Role
To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Deal Demand Life Right
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
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
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Lying Myself Writing
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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Happiness Himself Life Man

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

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