Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord. – Nikolai Gogol
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. – Nikolai Gogol

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord. – Nikolai Gogol
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. – Nikolai Gogol
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn