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You pronounced your words as ...

You pronounced your words as if you don’t acknowledge the shadows, or the evil either. Would you be so kind as to give a little thought to the question of what your good would be doing if evil did not exist, and how the earth would look if the shadows were to disappear from it?

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"We speak different languages...

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

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The tongue may hide the truth...

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

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Cowardice was undoubtedly one...

Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!

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Foreign visitors . . . how im...

Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.

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I suppose that in no educatio...

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.

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The procurator studied the ne...

The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.

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Actually, I do happen to rese...

Actually, I do happen to resemble a hallucination. Kindly note my silhouette in the moonlight." The cat climbed into the shaft of moonlight and wanted to keep talking but was asked to be quiet. "Very well, I shall be silent," he replied, "I shall be a silent hallucination.

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Margarita was never short of ...

Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a shared flat. In short... was she happy? Not for a moment.

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The tongue can conceal the tr...

The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.

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There is no greater misfortun...

There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.

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I suppose that in no education...

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.

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Once upon a time there was a l...

Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked...

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You are not Dostoevsky,' said ...

You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman... 'You never can tell...' he answered. 'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly. 'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!

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The darkness that had come in ...

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator...

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Is that vodka?' Margarita ask...

Is that vodka?' Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. 'I beg pardon, my queen,' he rasped, 'Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

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Not fooling around, not bother...

Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus,' said the cat with a hostile frown, 'and, moreover, I consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient, inviolable animal.

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Once in 1919, when I was trave...

Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story.

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My writing is progressing slow...

My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is that I'm never absolutely certain that what I've written is any good.

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Literature has become my life....

Literature has become my life.

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