“I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called "old-fashioned," who are like tumbledown picturesque little houses, delightful in their simplicity and complete unlikeness to the new smooth buildings whose walls have not yet been discolored by the rain, whose roofs are not yet covered with green lichen, and whose porch does not display its bricks through the peeling stucco.” LittlesDoeHouseBuildingWallRainGreenSimplicityRussiaOwnersVillageCoveredDisplaySolitaryRoofSmoothModestDelightfulOld FashionedBricksPorchPeelingPicturesque Book:The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol Source: The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol
“For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.” WorldDoeDifferencesEmotionOpinionLaughterFairsWorthyClownPublic OpinionLoftyLyricalAntics Author:Nikolai Gogol
“[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.” DoeSoulLightCreationNeededJudgmentDepthContemporaryPearlsLight Up Book:Dead Souls: A Novel Source: Dead Souls: A Novel
