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Nikolai Gogol quotes about words

Russian Writer March 31, 1809 – March 4, 1852

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And long afterwards, in moments of the greatest merriment, there would rise before him the figure of the little clerk with the balding brow, uttering his penetrating words: "Let me be. Why do you offend me?" --and in these penetrating words rang other words: "I am your brother." And the poor young man would bury his face in his hands, and many a time in his life he shuddered to see how much inhumanity there is in man, how much savege coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners, and... Nikolai Gogol
Manilov was pleased by these final words, but he still couldn't make sense of the deal itself, and for want of an answer, he began sucking his clay pipe so hard that it started to wheeze like a bassoon. He seemed to be trying to extract from it an opinion about this unprecedented business; but the clay pipe only wheezed and said nothing. Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol quote: "However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough..."
However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man. Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol quote: "There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man..."
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others. Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol quote: "A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe. Nikolai Gogol

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