More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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.
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.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing that this chronicle is all overscored by divine fire, that every letter of it cries out, that from everywhere the piercing finger is pointed at it, at this current generation; but the current generation laughs and presumptuously, proudly begins a series of new errors, at which their descendants will also laugh afterwards.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
