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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.

Nikolai Gogol

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

God Man Respect Thankful Worth
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
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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Book Enjoyment Live Nature Peace Pleasant Reading Solitude
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
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
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
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
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Laughter Yourself
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
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
Countless 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.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Count Human Master Passion Sea Terrible
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
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.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Creation Judgment Pearl Photograph Recognition

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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