When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
MAXIM GORKYEvery new time will give its law.
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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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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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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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
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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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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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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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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 salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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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.
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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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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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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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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