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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

Nikolai Gogol

Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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Flash Joy Life Past Sorrow
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
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Education Himself Known Learning Prosperous Thinking
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.
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Clown Difference Emotion Laughter Lyrics Opinion Public
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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Emotion Existence Lyrics Rank Worth
In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.
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Dreams Himself Life Sleep Strange Wake Up
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash
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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Exploration Himself Oneself Reason Search Wisdom
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
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
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
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness

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