More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
Keep not money, but keep good people's company.
I am who I am and that's who I am
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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.
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.