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.
NIKOLAI GOGOLWhat are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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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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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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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!
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!
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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
NIKOLAI GOGOLWe have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
NIKOLAI GOGOLKeep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
NIKOLAI GOGOLDon’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
NIKOLAI GOGOLDo we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
NIKOLAI GOGOLLet me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
NIKOLAI GOGOLNothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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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 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.
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I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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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.
NIKOLAI GOGOLBut 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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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.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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