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

Henrik Ibsen

The man-at-arms is the only man.
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Distance Man
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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Circumstance Decision Moments Victory
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
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
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
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
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
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 younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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Known Myself Stand World
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 go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
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Future Inspirational Myself Possible Scale
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Lying Myself Writing

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

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