A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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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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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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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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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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
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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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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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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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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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