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The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

Henrik Ibsen

I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
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Bad Early Family Hard Time Mom
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
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
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
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Finding Heart Himself Man Please
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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Live Man Science Style
To see one’s goal and to drive toward it, steeling one’s heart, is most uplifting.
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Goals Heart Oneself See Uplift
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner
Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Brave Courage Life Live Oneself
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
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
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
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority

The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

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