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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.

Nikolai Gogol

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
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
The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
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Age Agriculture Basis Experience Ideas Myself
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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Emotion Existence Lyrics Rank Worth
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
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
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 more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Activity Government
There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Choice Deep Inspirational Man Passion
I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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Culture Manner Refine Savage
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
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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness

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