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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
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
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
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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Appearance Count Description End Man Wonder
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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
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
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
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
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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Character Humble Journey Myself Nature Path Selfish
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
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
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
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
Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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Flash Joy Life Past Sorrow
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.
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Fate Hero Journey Life Myself Unknown
A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.
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Famine Poverty Suffering Time Willing
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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Death Murmur Myself Show Tears
The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Activity Government
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power

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