All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
MAXIM GORKYPolitics 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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An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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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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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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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Jail doesn’t teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!
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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man 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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Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.
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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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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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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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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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