One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
MAXIM GORKYYou must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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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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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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The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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There 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.
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Jail doesn’t teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!
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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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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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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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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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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
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