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.
NIKOLAI GOGOLSank 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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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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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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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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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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