More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
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.
You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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.