Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
NIKOLAI GOGOLCountless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.
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What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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it’s not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.
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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.
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