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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
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 longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
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
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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Culture Manner Refine Savage
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
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter 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
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
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
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

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