Even a bad man is better than a good book.
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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Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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God is a complex of ideas formed by the tribe, the nation, and humanity, which awake and organize social feelings and aim to link the individual to society and to bridle the zoological individualism.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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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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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
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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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One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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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.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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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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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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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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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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