Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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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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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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.
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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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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That’s a totally different matter.
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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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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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For 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.
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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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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How much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners.
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A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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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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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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