I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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As 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!
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I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That’s a totally different matter.
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it’s not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.
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Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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