Quotes from bookThe Government Inspector
The Government Inspector, also known as The Inspector General , is a satirical play by the Russian and Ukrainian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.
“Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?”
Nikolai Gogol book The Government Inspector
Epigraph; said of a history teacher who smashed a chair in his excitement when discussing the conqueror
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“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”
Nikolai Gogol book The Government Inspector
Epigraph
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“The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.”
Nikolai Gogol book The Government Inspector
Act I, sc. i
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“What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!”
Nikolai Gogol book The Government Inspector
Act V, sc. viii
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