A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
MAXIM GORKYIn 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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Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book.
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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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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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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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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.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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