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.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThe more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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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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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
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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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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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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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it’s not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.
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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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Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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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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