That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small. - Henrik Ibsen

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

Henrik Ibsen

That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.

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