“Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.” MenFirstsHumansPassionSeaMastersTerribleNobleSandObedient Author:Nikolai Gogol
“But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.” WorldFirstsStillsSoulJoyFallWaterMinutesConditionsThirdsEndureSurfaceCirclesUsualSmoothPebbles Author:Nikolai Gogol
“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.” ThinkingKnowsMenShouldFirstsLiteratureEducatedFarmersProsperousPeasantsEducated Man Author:Nikolai Gogol
“At the end of the table, the secretary was reading the decision in some case, but in such a mournful and monotonous voice, that the condemned man himself would have fallen asleep while listening to it. The judge, no doubt, would have been the first of all to do so, had he not entered into an engrossing conversation while it was going on.” MenFirstsHas BeensEndsReadingVoiceDecisionCasesDoubtJudgingListeningConversationTablesFallenNo DoubtSecretaryMonotonous Book:Delphi Complete Works of Nikolai Gogol (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Nikolai Gogol (Illustrated)
