The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
MAXIM GORKYWith his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Let us not search for the guilty ones only among others, let us speak the bitter truth: we are all guilty each and every one of us.
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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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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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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The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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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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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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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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