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?
MAXIM GORKYThe 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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
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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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Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
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Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.
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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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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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An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
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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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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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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
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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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Every new time will give its law.
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You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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