“And could a man sink to such triviality, such meanness, such nastiness? Could he change so much? And is it true to… — Nikolai Gogol Life Copy Share Image
“Everywhere, in whatever realm of life, whether among its callous, coarsely impoverished and messily moldering lower ranks, or among its monotonously gelid… — Nikolai Gogol Joy Copy Share Image
I am a writer, and the duty of a writer is not only to furnish pleasant pursuits for the mind and taste:… — Nikolai Gogol Duty Copy Share Image
“And what in earlier years would have brought animation to my face, arousing laughter and incessant chatter, now slips past me and… — Nikolai Gogol Silence Copy Share Image
I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey… — Nikolai Gogol Gogol Copy Share Image
In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while… — Nikolai Gogol Dream Copy Share Image
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities. — Nikolai Gogol Activity Copy Share Image
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die — Nikolai Gogol Ashes Copy Share Image
“He was an artist of rare ability, a self-taught artist, without teachers or schools, principles and rules, carried away only by the… — Nikolai Gogol Art Copy Share Image
“How dare you, I repeat, in disregard of all decency, call me a goose?” — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing… — Nikolai Gogol Ancestor Copy Share Image
“His life had already touched upon the age when everything that breathes of impulse shrinks in a man, when a powerful bow… — Nikolai Gogol Beauty Copy Share Image
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man. — Nikolai Gogol Enough Copy Share Image
As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long… — Nikolai Gogol Amusing Copy Share Image
I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by… — Nikolai Gogol Everything Copy Share Image
But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as… — Nikolai Gogol Circles Copy Share Image
“Be quiet, Afanasii Ivanovich,” said Pulcheria Ivanovna: “you just like to talk, and that’s all. A dog is not clean; a dog… — Nikolai Gogol Animals Copy Share Image
“And in a very civil fashion did Manilov did so, even going as far as to address the man in the second… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others. — Nikolai Gogol Certain Copy Share Image
“Why, then, make a show of the poverty of our life and our sad imperfection, unearthing people from the backwoods, from remote… — Nikolai Gogol Life Copy Share Image
I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter. — Nikolai Gogol Bribe Copy Share Image
