Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
NIKOLAI GOGOLCountless 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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I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That’s a totally different matter.
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Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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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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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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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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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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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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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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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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A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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