The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.
NIKOLAI GOGOLWhat is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?
NIKOLAI GOGOLBut youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.
NIKOLAI GOGOLGambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
NIKOLAI GOGOLWhatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
NIKOLAI GOGOLNothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
NIKOLAI GOGOLHowever stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
NIKOLAI GOGOLEverywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI am who I am and that’s who I am.
NIKOLAI GOGOLTwo turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
NIKOLAI GOGOLYou can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
NIKOLAI GOGOLAlways think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
NIKOLAI GOGOLAs you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don’t leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!
NIKOLAI GOGOLWe ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
NIKOLAI GOGOL