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

Henrik Ibsen

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
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
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
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
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
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 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
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
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
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 thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
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
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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