It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
NIKOLAI GOGOLKeep not money, but keep good people’s company.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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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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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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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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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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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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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
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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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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
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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.
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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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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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Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
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