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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

Nikolai Gogol

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
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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Chase Myself Start View Warning
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
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
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
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
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 are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.
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Desire Emotion Feeling Greatness Himself Man Obedient Shame Terrible
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
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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Culture Manner Refine Savage
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Body Depend Soul
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original

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