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Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.

Henrik Ibsen

Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Average Happiness Himself Man Stroke
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
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
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
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
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
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
When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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Awakening Dead Live
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
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
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
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
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
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
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

Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.

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