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Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.
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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
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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.
Nikolai Gogol -
I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
Nikolai Gogol -
What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.
Nikolai Gogol -
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
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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
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[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
Nikolai Gogol -
Keep not money, but keep good people's company.
Nikolai Gogol -
I am who I am and that's who I am.
Nikolai Gogol -
In the course of reading he [Alexander Pushkin] became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a voice full of sorrow: "Goodness, how sad is our Russia!"
Nikolai Gogol -
Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
Nikolai Gogol
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The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
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They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
Nikolai Gogol -
As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty, begin by being under a man's control and then become his terrible masters. Blessed is he who has chosen the most lofty of passions: his immeasurable bliss grows and multiplies tenfold with every hour and minute, and he penetrates deeper and deeper into the infinite paradise of his soul.
Nikolai Gogol