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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

It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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Happiness Love Pleasant Yourself
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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Fair Majority Support Truth
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Achievement Man Transformation Willing
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Lying Myself Writing
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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
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
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

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