Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
MAXIM GORKYSilence 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.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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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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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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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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Every new time will give its law.
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The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.
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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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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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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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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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Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the 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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