Countless Quote by Nikolai Gogol Download Open image “Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.” — Nikolai Gogol ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Countless Countless Sands Human Passions Nature of man River Sands Sands Sea Sea
Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty, begin by… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man. For as in the midst of the sea,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean… — Umar Copy Share Image
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea. — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more! — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments.… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“What a strange creature man is! He does not believe in God, but he does believe that if the bridge of is nose itches… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“Our century is so shallow, its desires scattered so widely, our knowledge so encyclopedic, that we are absolutely unable to focus our designs on… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I ask everyone in Russia to pray for me, beginning with the bishops, whose whole life is a single prayer. I ask prayers also… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Go along, go along quickly, and set all you have on the table for us. We don't want doughnuts, honey buns, poppy cakes, and… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were scattered through… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life.” — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
...how much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners... — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“The fair-haired man was one of those people in whose character there is at first sight a certain obstinacy. Before you can open your… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“Well, so that's the prosecutor! He lived and lived, and then died! And they will say in the papers that he died to the… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recent recasting of 'Cinderella' as a cyborg in the young… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a… — Kate O'Mara Copy Share Image
Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
Because you aren't who you think you are. You aren't what everyone else believes. You might have delivered countless deaths but you love more… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died. — Sam Ewing Copy Share Image
On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand proudly at the top of the podium and shed tears.… — Hannah Kearney Copy Share Image
“Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.” — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could… — Bjornstjerne Bjornson Copy Share Image
Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Bergman made countless masterpieces, but for one reason or another, 'Winter Light' stays closest to my heart. — Jake Paltrow Copy Share Image
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
