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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.

Nikolai Gogol

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
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
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
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
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
it’s not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.
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Art Discussion Home Image Job Life Preach
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 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
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
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People

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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