Our most merciless enemy is our past.
MAXIM GORKYWe ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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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.
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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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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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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 more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
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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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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
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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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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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