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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.

Henrik Ibsen

That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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Heart Judgement Live Oneself Sit Troll War Writing
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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Experience Life
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
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
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 afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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Afraid Capital Education Invention Machine Myself Science
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
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
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
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
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.

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