I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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?
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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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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They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
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Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
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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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I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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