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But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.

Nikolai Gogol

A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
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
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
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
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
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don’t leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!
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Emotional Harsh Human Journey Yourself Youth
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
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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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
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash

But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.

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But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.

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