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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.

Henrik Ibsen

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
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
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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Act Courage Known Possible Release
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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Cold Healing Sick Sound
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
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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Count Society Yourself
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
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Fear Friendship Restriction
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
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong
It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Finance Follow Rest Sports
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
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
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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 spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
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 community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner

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