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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

Nikolai Gogol

Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
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
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
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Education Himself Known Learning Prosperous Thinking
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
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
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
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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Character Humble Journey Myself Nature Path Selfish
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
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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

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