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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

Nikolai Gogol

Countless 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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Desire Emotion Feeling Greatness Himself Man Obedient Shame Terrible
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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Character Man Occasion Weakness Willing Woman
As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don’t leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!
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Emotional Harsh Human Journey Yourself Youth
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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Famine Poverty Suffering Time Willing
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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Existence People Space Spot World
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
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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God Man Respect Thankful Worth
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
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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Fate Hero Journey Life Myself Unknown
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

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