For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.
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.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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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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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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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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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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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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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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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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