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 GOGOLCountless 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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There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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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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I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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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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A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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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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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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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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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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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.
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