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It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

Henrik Ibsen

Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
HENRIK IBSEN

Happiness Himself Life Man
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
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
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
It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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Act Courage Known Possible Release
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
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Average Happiness Himself Man Stroke
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life 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
In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never.
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Endurance Power Subject Thinking Thought Yourself
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
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Lying Myself Raise Revolution Truth
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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