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The greatest victory is defeat.

Henrik Ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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The devil is compromise.
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Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
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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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...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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When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived.
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