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A forest bird never wants a cage.

Henrik Ibsen

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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Circumstance Decision Moments Victory
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
Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Deal Demand Life Right
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
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
The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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Himself Injustice Man Worst
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
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Friendship Lying Oneself
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
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
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
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
It’s not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It’s all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can’t get rid of them.
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Belief Death Father Inheritance Ourselves Walk
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility

A forest bird never wants a cage.

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