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What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.

Henrik Ibsen

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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Chaos Law Misery Myself Order Philosophy Thinking World
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
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Decent Health People Wasted Time
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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Happiness Love Pleasant Yourself
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
Oh courage, oh yes! If only one had that. Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
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Brave Courage Life Live Oneself
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
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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Fair Majority Support Truth
Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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Excellence Foreign Ideal Lying Word
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
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
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself

What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.

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