Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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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Jail doesn’t teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!
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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth.
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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.
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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
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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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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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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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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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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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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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