There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.
NIKOLAI GOGOLSteeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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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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What 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?
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It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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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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Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.
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Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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