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I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
Nikolai Gogol
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Nikolai Gogol
Age: 43 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 1
Died: 1852
Died: January 1
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Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol'
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
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Mykola Vasylʹovych Hoholʹ
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