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!
MAXIM GORKYWhat 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.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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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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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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When 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.
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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 more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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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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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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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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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
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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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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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