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I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
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
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
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
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
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
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
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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
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

I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.

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