black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.

Nikolai Gogol

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Book Enjoyment Live Nature Peace Pleasant Reading Solitude
The 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 GOGOL

Age Agriculture Basis Experience Ideas Myself
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Beautiful Perspective Thinking Willing
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Death Murmur Myself Show Tears
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Laughter Yourself
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Body Depend Soul
It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Profit Right
How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Culture Manner Refine Savage
Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Card Equality Gamble Game Greatness
Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Blame Face Fault Mirror Mistake
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Home Yourself
I 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 GOGOL

Fate Hero Journey Life Myself Unknown
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Company Money People
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Awe Blame Face
They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Listening Myself See
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
NIKOLAI GOGOL

Authority Destruction Town

What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Nikolai Gogol Quotes