“I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.” KindDifferentMatterPuppyBribeGreyhounds Author:Nikolai Gogol
“As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then God knows what ideas may not stray into the mind... Why is it that even in moments of unthinking, careless gaiety a different and strange mood comes upon one?” IfsKnowsWorldMindMayLongIdeasDifferentMomentsTurnsThis WorldStrangeMoodGod KnowsCarelessAmusingGloomyGaiety Author:Nikolai Gogol
“There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.” KindMeanDifferentEmotionHigherLaughterWorthyTwitching Author:Nikolai Gogol
