Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
NIKOLAI GOGOLThere are passions that it is not for man to choose.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
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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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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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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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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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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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Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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I am who I am and that’s who I am.
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