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Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.

Henrik Ibsen

Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.
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Demand Man Marriage
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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Love People Yourself
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 is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
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Lying Myself Raise Revolution Truth
I’m inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that.
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Belief Inheritance Mom Myself Thinking
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’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working
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
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.
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Freedom Heart Knowledge Satisfaction Sweet
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
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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Agreement Confidence Forgiveness Marriage Myself

Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.

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