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Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.

Nikolai Gogol

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Nikolai Gogol
Age: 43 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 1
Died: 1852
Died: January 1
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