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What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.

Henrik Ibsen

If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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Man Master Procrastination Punctual World
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
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
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
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
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
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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Children Fake Home Lying School
Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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Excellence Foreign Ideal Lying Word
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
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Experience Life
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
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

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