Sank 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 GOGOLTwo turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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I 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.
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A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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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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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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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!
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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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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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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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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.
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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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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.
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What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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