A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
NIKOLAI GOGOLA word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI 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 GOGOLDon’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
NIKOLAI GOGOLWhatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
NIKOLAI GOGOLSank into the profound slumber which comes only to such fortunate folk as are troubled neither with mosquitoes nor fleas nor excessive activity of brain.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
NIKOLAI GOGOLFor contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.
NIKOLAI GOGOLLet me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI shall laugh my bitter laugh.
NIKOLAI GOGOLEverything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
NIKOLAI GOGOLI am who I am and that’s who I am.
NIKOLAI GOGOLHow much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
NIKOLAI GOGOLSteeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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.
NIKOLAI GOGOL