Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
MAXIM GORKYKeep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That’s why we want to be considerate of every man – Who knows what’s in him, why he was born and what he can do?
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Every new time will give its law.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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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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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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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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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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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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One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn’t marry a girl of twenty.
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