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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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“You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.”

World Whole Imagine Stupid Whole World

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?”

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

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.”

People World This World Spots Entity

Author: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.”

World Doe Differences Emotion Opinion Laughter Fairs Worthy Clown Public Opinion Lofty Lyrical Antics

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all”

World Sometimes Perfect Goes On Nonsense Surrealism

Book:The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Source: The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

“It is well-known that there are many faces in the world over the finishing of which nature did not take much trouble, did not employ any fine tools such as files, gimlets, and so on, but simply hacked them out with round strokes: one chop-a nose appears; another chop-lips appear; eyes are scooped out with a big drill; and she lets it go into the world rough-hewn, saing: "ALIVE!”

World Wells Bigs Eye Faces Known Alive Trouble Fine Tools Rounds Lips Noses Rough Strokes Well Known Let It Go Files Finishing Drills Hacked Many Faces Gimlets

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

“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.”

World Firsts Stills Soul Joy Fall Water Minutes Conditions Thirds Endure Surface Circles Usual Smooth Pebbles

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

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