Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
MAXIM GORKYIntellectual 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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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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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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Even a bad man is better than a good book.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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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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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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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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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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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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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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In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible — such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets?
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