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There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.

Nikolai Gogol

The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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Character Humble Journey Myself Nature Path Selfish
You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Grown Imagination Stupidity Yourself
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
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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Culture Manner Refine Savage
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
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
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
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
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Death Murmur Myself Show Tears
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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Philosophy Resemble Truth
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
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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Appearance Count Description End Man Wonder
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
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face

There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.

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