Gogol quotation?

[James West]

I'm not sure I can identify the source from your paraphrase, but you
might try exploring a little book called "Russkie o russkikh," edited by
K. Skal'kovskii, published by PETRO-RIF in St. Petersburg in 1992. It
contains around a hundred memorable items of Russian self-laceration.

On Tue, 28 Mar 1995, Charlotte Douglas wrote:

> Does anyone know off-hand the source of a quotation about Russia always
> having bad roads and fools?  Is it Gogol?  Dead Souls?  And if so, who says
> it where?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Charlotte Douglas (douglas at acfcluster.nyu.edu)
>