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Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?

Nikolai Gogol

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
The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Activity Government
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?
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Deep Emotion Feeling Habit Ourselves Passion Strong Violence
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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Count Human Master Passion Sea Terrible
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
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
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
There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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Existence People Space Spot World
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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God Man Respect Thankful Worth
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
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

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