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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.

Nikolai Gogol

There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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Chase Myself Start View Warning
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
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Achievement Contrary Power Work
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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Enough Fools Intelligence Man Stupidity
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
Sank into the profound slumber which comes only to such fortunate folk as are troubled neither with mosquitoes nor fleas nor excessive activity of brain.
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Activity Brain Fortunate Trouble
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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Book Enjoyment Live Nature Peace Pleasant Reading Solitude
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.
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Count Human Master Passion Sea Terrible
There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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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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Deep Emotion Feeling Habit Ourselves Passion Strong Violence

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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