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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

Nikolai Gogol

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
But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.
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Future Graduation Life Preparation Youth
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
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
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
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.
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Desire Emotion Feeling Greatness Himself Man Obedient Shame Terrible
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
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
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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Bribe Different Kind Matter Plain

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