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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.

Henrik Ibsen

There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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Conscience Different Kind Law Man Practice Spirituality Woman
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
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
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.
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Fact Imagination Myself Present Willing
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself — thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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Criticism Essential Feeling Finding Himself Mistake Thinking
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Beautiful Freedom Home Life
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong
Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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Call Follow Glow Myself Radiance
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
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
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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