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The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.

Henrik Ibsen

I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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Action Leave Word
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 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
I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority
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Mass Myself Subject
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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Fools Freedom Intelligence Lying Majority People Population Right
Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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Country Ghost Light Myself Newspaper
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Food Friendship Happiness Important Material Money Peace Reality Value Wisdom
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
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
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
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong

The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.

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