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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?

— Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

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  1. It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
  2. The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
  3. I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
  4. I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.
  5. In the course of reading he became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a…
  6. The sergeant's widow told you a lie when she said I flogged her. I never flogged her. She flogged herself.
  7. What a dreary world we live in, gentlemen.
  8. What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!

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  • destruction
  • heroism
  • morality

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