Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
MAXIM GORKYEverybody, 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?
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn’t marry a girl of twenty.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
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We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We drive people into their graves, and neither see it nor feel it.
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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 work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.
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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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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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