One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn’t marry a girl of twenty.
MAXIM GORKYWhen 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.
More Maxim Gorky Quotes
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Every new time will give its law.
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The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
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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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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes.
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Let us not search for the guilty ones only among others, let us speak the bitter truth: we are all guilty each and every one of us.
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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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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.
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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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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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Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That’s why we want to be considerate of every man – Who knows what’s in him, why he was born and what he can do?
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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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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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