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The majority never has right on its side.

Henrik Ibsen

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
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’m inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that.
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Belief Inheritance Mom Myself Thinking
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
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
Oh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
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Known Myself Right Yourself
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
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
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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Himself Man Punishment Save Wrong
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

The majority never has right on its side.

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