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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.

Nikolai Gogol

I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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Character Man Occasion Weakness Willing Woman
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
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
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
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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Enough Fools Intelligence Man Stupidity
The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
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Age Agriculture Basis Experience Ideas Myself
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
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
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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See

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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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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