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There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.

Henrik Ibsen

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
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
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
It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Finance Follow Rest Sports
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
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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Himself Man Punishment Save Wrong
I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
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
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing

There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.

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