Nikolai Gogol Quotes

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

I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity

Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.

You see, wisdom does not come with grey hairs.

This gentleman evidently belonged to the category of those people who wish the Government to interfere in everything, even in their daily quarrels with their wives.

The human feelings, which had never been very deep in him, grew shallower every hour, and every day something more dropped away from the decrepit wreck.

Two turtle doves will show theeWhere my cold ashes lieAnd sadly murmuring tell theeHow in tears I did die

April 43rd 2000Today is the day of great triumph. There is a king of Spain. He has been found at last. That king is me. I only discovered this today. Frankly, it all came to me in a flash.

He was no stranger to compassion: his heart was open to many good impulses, though his rank often prevented their manifestation.