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.
MAXIM GORKYWhen work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Every new time will give its law.
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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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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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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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All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
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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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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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