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

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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Enough Fools Intelligence Man Stupidity
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
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
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
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
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
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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Character Man Occasion Weakness Willing Woman

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