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This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!

Henrik Ibsen

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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Fools Freedom Intelligence Lying Majority People Population Right
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
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Friendship Lying Oneself
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
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
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
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
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Brave Courage Life Live Oneself
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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Happiness Himself Life Man

This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!

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