To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
MAXIM GORKYKeep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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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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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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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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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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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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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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Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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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 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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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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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
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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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