The Government Inspector
Quotes
- What are you laughing at? You're laughing at yourselves!
- You're taking more than your rank allows!
- I invited you, gentlemen, to inform you of an extremely unpleasant piece of news: an inspector is coming to visit us.
- A simple man: if he dies, he dies, and if he recovers, he recovers.
- What a lousy little town!
- And who among us is without sin?
- The official coming to us is from St. Petersburg, incognito. And with a secret directive.
Date of publication: 22 May 2024
Updated: 15 November 2026
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Genre: Classical literature
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