Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
MAXIM GORKYLies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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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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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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What I’d like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: “Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.
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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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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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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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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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One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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