One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
MAXIM GORKYBe good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
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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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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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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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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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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 has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn’t marry a girl of twenty.
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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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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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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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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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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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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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