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The strong must learn to be lonely.

Henrik Ibsen

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
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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Live Man Science Style
I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working
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
An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
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Live Myself Poem Responsibility Romantic
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
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General Nature Possession Power Sea
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!
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Hustle Moaning Myself
I’m afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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Afraid Capital Education Invention Machine Myself Science
Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.
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Marriage Mindset Yourself
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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Cold Healing Sick Sound
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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