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What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
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 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
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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Beautiful Perspective Thinking Willing
The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Activity Government
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
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
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Bitter Laughter Myself
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion

What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?

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What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?

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