More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
I am who I am and that's who I am