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Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

Nikolai Gogol

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
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
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
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
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
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
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
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
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
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
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
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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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