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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

Henrik Ibsen

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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Chaos Law Misery Myself Order Philosophy Thinking World
The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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Himself Injustice Man Worst
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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Known Myself Stand World
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
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
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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Fair Majority Support Truth
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
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
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
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
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner
Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
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
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
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
It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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Act Beautiful Courage Known Liberty
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
When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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Awakening Dead Live
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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Character Mindset Myself Soul Wrinkle Writing

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