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Nikolai Gogol

I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Be Yourself Confidence Myself Original
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Pause Perfection World
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
But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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Exploration Himself Oneself Reason Search Wisdom
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
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Listening Myself See
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
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
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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Argument Greatness Smash
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Care Focus Funny Sadness
Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
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Achievement Contrary Power Work
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
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
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Himself Young
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Laughter Yourself

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