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Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.

Henrik Ibsen

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
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
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
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
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
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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Action Leave Word
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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Frame Judgement Man Point Present Society System View Woman
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
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
It’s not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It’s all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can’t get rid of them.
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Belief Death Father Inheritance Ourselves Walk
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth

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