Nikolai Gogol Quotes

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
Nikolai Gogol

Beauty, Beautiful, Useful

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
Nikolai Gogol

Blame, Looking, Face

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
Nikolai Gogol

Life, Past, Joy

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
Nikolai Gogol

Stupid, Whole, Imagine

Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.
Nikolai Gogol

Human, Sea, Passions

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
Nikolai Gogol

After, Start, Left

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
Nikolai Gogol

Same, Righteous, Profitable

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.
Nikolai Gogol

Experience, Everything, Moral

The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
Nikolai Gogol

May, Lord, Soil

There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
Nikolai Gogol

Words, Others, Dearer

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

Good, Thinking, Him

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
Nikolai Gogol

God, Respect, Land

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.
Nikolai Gogol

May, Soul, Whatever

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Writer

Born: March 31, 1809

Died: March 4, 1852

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