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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

Nikolai Gogol

We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
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
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
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Profit Right
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
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
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
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
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
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 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
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People

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