Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
NIKOLAI GOGOLTwo turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThey don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
NIKOLAI GOGOLAlso, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
NIKOLAI GOGOLCountless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
NIKOLAI GOGOLA word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
NIKOLAI GOGOLEverything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
NIKOLAI GOGOLNothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
NIKOLAI GOGOLPerfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
NIKOLAI GOGOLWhat are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
NIKOLAI GOGOLCountless 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 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 GOGOLAlways think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
NIKOLAI GOGOLHowever stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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