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?
MAXIM GORKYThe 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.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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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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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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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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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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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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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Every new time will give its law.
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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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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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