Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
MAXIM GORKYKeep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?
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When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.
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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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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth.
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With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.
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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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