The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing that this chronicle is all overscored by divine fire, that every letter of it cries out, that from everywhere the piercing finger is pointed at it, at this current generation; but the current generation laughs and presumptuously, proudly begins a series of new errors, at which their descendants will also laugh afterwards.
Nikolai GogolTwo turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
Nikolai GogolMan is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.
Nikolai GogolThe more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
Nikolai Gogol