Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
MAXIM GORKYWhen everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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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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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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Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
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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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Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded 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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In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?
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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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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.
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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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
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