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Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.

Henrik Ibsen

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
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Human Myself Responsibility Role
To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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Heart Judgement Live Oneself Sit Troll War Writing
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Finding Heart Himself Man Please
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Finance Follow Rest Sports
Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Deal Demand Life Right
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
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
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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Count Society Yourself
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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Live Man Science Style
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
The strong must learn to be lonely.
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Learning Lonely Strong
Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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Build Castle Easy
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

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