Every new time will give its law.
MAXIM GORKYEvery new time will give its law.
MAXIM GORKYPolitics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.
MAXIM GORKYKeep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
MAXIM GORKYA good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
MAXIM GORKYThere is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
MAXIM GORKYAn honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
MAXIM GORKYProcessing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
MAXIM GORKYWhen the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
MAXIM GORKYYou will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
MAXIM GORKYWhat 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.
MAXIM GORKYWe ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
MAXIM GORKYSilence 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.
MAXIM GORKYYou must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
MAXIM GORKYYou can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
MAXIM GORKYMany contemporary authors drink more than they write.
MAXIM GORKYLies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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