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!
MAXIM GORKYJail doesn’t teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
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Politics 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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The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
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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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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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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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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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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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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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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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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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