Quotes by Nikolai Gogol

• There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
• We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
• It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
• You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
• It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
• Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
• Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.
• The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.
• 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.
• The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
• Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.