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. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life. Nikolai Gogol More Quotes by Nikolai Gogol More Quotes From Nikolai Gogol The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes. Nikolai Gogol sad stories looks He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show. Nikolai Gogol clothes men people Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book. Nikolai Gogol enjoy solitude book The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing that this chronicle is all overscored by divine fire, that every letter of it cries out, that from everywhere the piercing finger is pointed at it, at this current generation; but the current generation laughs and presumptuously, proudly begins a series of new errors, at which their descendants will also laugh afterwards. Nikolai Gogol errors fire laughing You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays. Nikolai Gogol imagine stupid world A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe. Nikolai Gogol written cutting I am who I am and that's who I am Nikolai Gogol i-am-who-i-am who-i-am life There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world. Nikolai Gogol character men world 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. Nikolai Gogol circles water fall Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord. Nikolai Gogol accord beautiful thinking Keep not money, but keep good people's company. Nikolai Gogol good-people company people However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man. Nikolai Gogol intelligent stupid men Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views. Nikolai Gogol belief views bread They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me. Nikolai Gogol listen-to-me Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all Nikolai Gogol goes-on perfect world But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life. Nikolai Gogol youth preparation heart It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry. Nikolai Gogol glasses literature use 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. Nikolai Gogol waking dream might There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something. Nikolai Gogol spots people world A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer. Nikolai Gogol poverty suffering people
