Quotes by : Nikolai Gogol

This gentleman evidently belonged to the category of those people who wish the Government to interfere....

That same moment he ordered the hateful portrait taken out. But that did not calm his inner agitation:....

He never looks you straight in the eye; or if he does, it is somehow vaguely, indefinitely; he does not....

Ah,steeds,steeds,what is steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear, alert....

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

I've long suspected dogs of being much smarter than people; I was even certain they could speak, but....

Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for?....

Happy the writer who, passing by characters that are boring, disgusting, shocking in their mournful reality,....

In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want

I must confess that I do not understand why things are so arranged, that women seize us by the nose as....