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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

Nikolai Gogol

Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity 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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
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Age Agriculture Basis Experience Ideas Myself
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
Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.
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Count Human Master Passion Sea Terrible
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
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
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

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