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To think it, wish it, even want it —
but do it! No, that I cannot understand.

— Henrik Ibsen Peer Gynt (1867)

Ja, tænke det; ønske det; ville det med;
men gjøre det! Nej, det skjønner jeg ikke!

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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.

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Whether I pound or am being pounded,
all the same there will be moaning!

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

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