But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere 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.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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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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Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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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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Don’t blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
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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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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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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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