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Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.

Henrik Ibsen

The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
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
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
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
Nobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
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Character Himself Modeling Rate
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
Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
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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Day Man Night Sorrow Woman
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
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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Crave Happiness Life Mark Spirit
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
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.
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Ability Different Independent Oneself People Responsibility Sing
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 spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself

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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