One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
MAXIM GORKYWhen work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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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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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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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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An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.
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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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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.
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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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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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