Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
MAXIM GORKYWhen 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.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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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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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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It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
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Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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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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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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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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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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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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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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