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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was a prominent 19th-century Russian dramatist and novelist. His works are known for their sharp satire and humor, which have had a profound impact on Russian literature.

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Famous Nikolai Gogol Quotes

“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?”

Ifs Knows World Mind May Long Ideas Different Moments Turns This World Strange Mood God Knows Careless Amusing Gloomy Gaiety

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.”

Men May Sometimes Enough Stupid Fool Intelligent Intelligent Man

Book:Dead Souls: A Novel

Source: Dead Souls: A Novel

“There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.”

Men World May Matter Character Weak Harder Occasions Comparison Anything And Everything

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.”

May Soul Body Literature Depends

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.”

May Literature Lord Soil Grants

Author:Nikolai Gogol

About the Author

Born: March 31, 1809
Died: March 4, 1852
Known for: Dramatist
Quotes: 103

Books & Sources

Dead SoulsRelated source material

The Collected Tales of Nikolai GogolRelated source material

Dead Souls: A NovelRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Nikolai Gogol (Illustrated)Related source material

Diary of a Madman and Other StoriesRelated source material

Plays and Petersburg TalesRelated source material

The Complete Tales of Nikolai GogolRelated source material

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