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Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.

Henrik Ibsen

A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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Agreement Confidence Forgiveness Marriage Myself
I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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Believe Equality Human Humanity Myself Value Worth
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
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
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
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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Fear Friendship Restriction
The man-at-arms is the only man.
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Distance Man
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
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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Conscience Different Kind Law Man Practice Spirituality Woman
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
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
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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Happiness Himself Life Man

Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.

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