Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
MAXIM GORKYWriters build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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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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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That’s why we want to be considerate of every man – Who knows what’s in him, why he was born and what he can do?
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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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Even a bad man is better than a good book.
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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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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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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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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book.
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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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