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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.

Henrik Ibsen

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
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
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
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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General Nature Possession Power Sea
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
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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Man Master Procrastination Punctual World
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
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
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild

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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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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