More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
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.
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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.
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.
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
Keep not money, but keep good people's company.