Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
MAXIM GORKYEverywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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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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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.
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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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One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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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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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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