A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
MAXIM GORKYEverywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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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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Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
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Let us not search for the guilty ones only among others, let us speak the bitter truth: we are all guilty each and every one of us.
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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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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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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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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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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
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