Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
MAXIM GORKYLies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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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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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
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What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that’s all there is to it.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
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Let us not search for the guilty ones only among others, let us speak the bitter truth: we are all guilty each and every one of us.
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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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Even a bad man is better than a good book.
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The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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When one loves somebody, everything is clear – where to go, what to do – it all takes care of itself and one doesn’t have to ask anybody about anything.
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