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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
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Age Agriculture Basis Experience Ideas Myself
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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 exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.
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Emotion Existence Lyrics Rank Worth
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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Enough Fools Intelligence Man Stupidity
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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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Emotional Harsh Human Journey Yourself Youth
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 Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil

The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.

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