More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol
In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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.
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.