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Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.

Henrik Ibsen

That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
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Friendship Live Myself Need
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
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
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
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.
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Feature Hold Man Right
So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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Life Myself Possible Realize
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
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
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
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
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 majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
HENRIK IBSEN

Ability Different Independent Oneself People Responsibility Sing
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
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
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
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
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
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Live Myself Poem Responsibility Romantic

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