More from Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

  1. I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
  2. Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
  3. In the course of reading he became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a…
  4. The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
  5. What a dreary world we live in, gentlemen.
  6. I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.
  7. The sergeant's widow told you a lie when she said I flogged her. I never flogged her. She flogged herself.
  8. What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!

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