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.
MAXIM GORKYHappiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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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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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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Even a bad man is better than a good book.
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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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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 most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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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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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
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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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God is a complex of ideas formed by the tribe, the nation, and humanity, which awake and organize social feelings and aim to link the individual to society and to bridle the zoological individualism.
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