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.
In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.
I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
I am who I am and that's who I am
You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.