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Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.

Henrik Ibsen

I don’t imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
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Fact Imagination Myself Present Willing
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Action Dare Game Happiness Winning
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
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
To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
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
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
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
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
I go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
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
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
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Food Friendship Happiness Important Material Money Peace Reality Value Wisdom

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