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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.

Nikolai Gogol

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
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
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
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
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
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
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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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Future Graduation Life Preparation Youth
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
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
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself

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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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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