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A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.

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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr he must first Will his own execution.
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Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never.
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