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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
Maxim Gorky
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Maxim Gorky
Age: 68 †
Born: 1868
Born: March 14
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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Politics is the soil in which the nettle of poisonous enmity, evil suspicions, shameless lies, slander, morbid ambitions, and disrespect for the individual grows rapidly and luxuriantly. Name anything bad in man and it is precisely in the soil of political struggle that it grows with particular liveliness and abundance.
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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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Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future
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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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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.
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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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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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What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.
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Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more. Mark this: as long as people are afraid, they will rot like the birches in the marsh. We must grow bold it is time!
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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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All that is called Destiny or Fate is none other than the result of our thoughtlessness and our mistrust of ourselves we should know that all that is created on earth is created by its sole Master and Laborer -- Man.
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.
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