It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. Autumn Leaves
That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within. Book IV
Russia! Russia! I see you now, from my wondrous, beautiful past I behold you! How wretched, dispersed, and uncomfortable everything is about you... Dead Souls
The things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished. David Copperfield
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