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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
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
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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Culture Manner Refine Savage
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
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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
it’s not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.
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Art Discussion Home Image Job Life Preach
They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
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Education Himself Known Learning Prosperous Thinking
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
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
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself

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