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Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.

Nikolai Gogol

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
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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
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
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
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
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
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
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
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Achievement Contrary Power Work

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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