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I am who I am and that’s who I am.

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
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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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Death Murmur Myself Show Tears
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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Chase Myself Start View Warning
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
Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.
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Appearance Count Description End Man Wonder
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
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
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
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

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