The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.
MAXIM GORKYPolitics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one’s own powers.
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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.
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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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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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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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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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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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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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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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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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