All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
MAXIM GORKYWhen the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We drive people into their graves, and neither see it nor feel it.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.
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In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible — such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets?
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
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What I’d like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: “Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.
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