Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
MAXIM GORKYYou can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Every new time will give its law.
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What 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.
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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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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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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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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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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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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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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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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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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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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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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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