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Nikolai Gogol quotes: We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry. It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being. Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: And in a very civil fashion did Manilov did so, even going as far as to address the man in the second person plural. And in a very civil fashion did Manilov did so, even going as far as to address the man in the second person plural.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: For a loaf is something baked and a nose is something different. For a loaf is something baked and a nose is something different.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions. Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Woman is in love with the devil. Woman is in love with the devil.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life. It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past. Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man. Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: And so the money which to some extent may have saved the situation is spent on various means for bringing about self oblivion And so the money which to some extent may have saved the situation is spent on various means for bringing about self oblivion
Nikolai Gogol quotes: - How dare you, I repeat, In disregard of all decency, call me a goose?- I spit on your head, Ivan Ivanovich! What are you screaming so for? - How dare you, I repeat, In disregard of all decency, call me a goose?
- I spit on your head, Ivan Ivanovich! What are you screaming so for?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs? Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men. Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: A quiet room with cockroaches peeping out like prunes from every corner ... A quiet room with cockroaches peeping out like prunes from every corner ...
Nikolai Gogol quotes: With a true friend one experiences something in the nature of spiritual enjoyment? With a true friend one experiences something in the nature of spiritual enjoyment?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: You see, wisdom does not come with grey hairs. You see, wisdom does not come with grey hairs.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil. The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: One cannot expect men not to get drunk when there is nothing to do! One cannot expect men not to get drunk when there is nothing to do!
Nikolai Gogol quotes: The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes. The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man. However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book ... Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book ...
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Despair at not reaching ideal perfection are among the reasons given. Again it is said Despair at not reaching ideal perfection are among the reasons given. Again it is said
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards. Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something. There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays. The things these scribblers write! You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays. The things these scribblers write!
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
Nikolai Gogol quotes: A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer. A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter. I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young. Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I think that it is one of the most refined joys of this world to interchange thoughts, feelings, and impressions." (H'm! I think that it is one of the most refined joys of this world to interchange thoughts, feelings, and impressions." (H'm!
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Every man who has lived in the world and mixed with his fellow men will have remarked something which has remained hidden from the eyes of others; Every man who has lived in the world and mixed with his fellow men will have remarked something which has remained hidden from the eyes of others;
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I shall laugh my bitter laugh. I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself. What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: But yet with all this, although, of course, one may admit this, that and the other, may even ... and after all, where aren't there incongruities? But yet with all this, although, of course, one may admit this, that and the other, may even ... and after all, where aren't there incongruities?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: 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. 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.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners ... How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners ...
Nikolai Gogol quotes: In his mind, nothing could be more delightful than to live in solitude, and enjoy the spectacle of nature, and sometimes read some book or other. In his mind, nothing could be more delightful than to live in solitude, and enjoy the spectacle of nature, and sometimes read some book or other.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant. We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: You can always tell a pig by its grunt. You can always tell a pig by its grunt.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter. I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: You can do anything and smash anything in the world with a kopeck. You can do anything and smash anything in the world with a kopeck.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others. There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: He was no stranger to compassion: his heart was open to many good impulses, though his rank often prevented their manifestation. He was no stranger to compassion: his heart was open to many good impulses, though his rank often prevented their manifestation.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: [P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea. [P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe. A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: And meanwhile death was as terrible in a small man as in a great one: And meanwhile death was as terrible in a small man as in a great one:
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views
Nikolai Gogol quotes: They christened the child, whereat he wept and made a grimace, as though he foresaw that he was to be a titular councillor. In They christened the child, whereat he wept and made a grimace, as though he foresaw that he was to be a titular councillor. In
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Even a stone has its uses, and man who is the most intelligent of all creatures must be of some use, hasn't he? Even a stone has its uses, and man who is the most intelligent of all creatures must be of some use, hasn't he?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Would he need to consider my feelings if at any point he should feel minded to blame Would he need to consider my feelings if at any point he should feel minded to blame
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I really don't know," the old lady brought out hesitatingly, "you see I've never sold the dead before. I really don't know," the old lady brought out hesitatingly, "you see I've never sold the dead before.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: The nose looked at the Major and frowned a little. The nose looked at the Major and frowned a little.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: How dared you, I repeat, in disregard of all decency, call me a goose? How dared you, I repeat, in disregard of all decency, call me a goose?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all. But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want
Nikolai Gogol quotes: But my very latest discovery made me feel better. I had found that every rooster has his own Spain and he has it under his feathers. But my very latest discovery made me feel better. I had found that every rooster has his own Spain and he has it under his feathers.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: One must keep a store of common sense," said Tchitchikov, "and consult one's common sense at every minute, have a friendly conversation with it. One must keep a store of common sense," said Tchitchikov, "and consult one's common sense at every minute, have a friendly conversation with it.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Goodness, how sad is our Russia! Goodness, how sad is our Russia!
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
Nikolai Gogol quotes: They don't listen to me, they don't hear me, they don't see me. They don't listen to me, they don't hear me, they don't see me.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul. Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity. The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Love us dirty, for any one will love us clean. Love us dirty, for any one will love us clean.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord. Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Every one to his taste, one man loves the priest and another the priest's wife, as the proverb says. Every one to his taste, one man loves the priest and another the priest's wife, as the proverb says.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities. The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Keep not money, but keep good people's company. Keep not money, but keep good people's company.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable. It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: It is dull in this world, gentlemen! It is dull in this world, gentlemen!
Nikolai Gogol quotes: I am who I am and that's who I am I am who I am and that's who I am
Nikolai Gogol quotes: In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep. In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty. Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
Nikolai Gogol quotes: There are passions that it is not for man to choose. There are passions that it is not for man to choose.

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