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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.

Maxim Gorky

To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Home Land Man Old Place Warm
In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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Past Yourself
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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Bad Brain Goodness Head Man Stupidity
You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Better Children Way Writing
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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Earth Heaven People Pilgrimage
Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
MAXIM GORKY

Book Learning Reading Remember Yourself
The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
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Law Legal Muscle Training Walk
Every new time will give its law.
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Law One Liner Time
Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
MAXIM GORKY

Devastation Evidence Man Root
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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Easy Silence Simplicity Talk Terrible
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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Complex Feeling Form God Individual Link Organization Social
You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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Blood Drown Sea Truth
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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Avoid Children Cruelty Fight Necessary People War
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
MAXIM GORKY

Big Hands Happiness Hold Precious Small
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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Life Pleasure Responsibility Slave Work
When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.
MAXIM GORKY

Day Jump Marriage Remember Woman Yourself

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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