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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.

Maxim Gorky

All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
MAXIM GORKY

Human Rough Soul
Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
MAXIM GORKY

Castle Live Publish Reading Rent Writing
When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Easy Oneself Quick Stupidity
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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Freedom Lying Man Master Religion
What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that’s all there is to it.
MAXIM GORKY

Dog Kill Master Oneself
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.
MAXIM GORKY

Acceptance Disgusting Earth Himself Misery
An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
MAXIM GORKY

Brain Honesty Idiot Man Right
The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.
MAXIM GORKY

Drive Organism Revolution Skin
You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Better Children Way Writing
Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
MAXIM GORKY

Book Credit Goodness Myself
Every new time will give its law.
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Law One Liner Time
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
MAXIM GORKY

Life Pleasure Responsibility Slave Work
Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
MAXIM GORKY

Book Learning Reading Remember Yourself
Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
MAXIM GORKY

Delight Ourselves Salvation Work
Silence 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.
MAXIM GORKY

Easy Silence Simplicity Talk Terrible
Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
MAXIM GORKY

Contemporary Drink Writing

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