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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

Nikolai Gogol

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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
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
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
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
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
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
For contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.
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Creation Judgment Pearl Photograph Recognition
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
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
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake

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