The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
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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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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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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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.
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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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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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Every new time will give its law.
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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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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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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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