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How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.

Nikolai Gogol

For contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.
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Creation Judgment Pearl Photograph Recognition
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
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 Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
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
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
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
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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Beautiful Perspective Thinking Willing
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.
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Dreams Himself Life Sleep Strange Wake Up
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
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town

How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.

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