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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.

Henrik Ibsen

What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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Cold Healing Sick Sound
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
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General Nature Possession Power Sea
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
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
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
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 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
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Different Independent Oneself People Responsibility Sing
I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.
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Feature Hold Man Right
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
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner

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