More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.
I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
I am who I am and that's who I am
But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.