Maxim Gorky quotes

Maxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer and a founder of the socialist realism literary method. His works vividly depicted the struggles of the poor and the injustices of Russian society. He became a major figure in Russian literature and an influential voice in social and cultural life. Here are 30 of his quotes:

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. (Maxim Gorky)
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. View quote
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Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man. View quote
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One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. View quote
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Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want respect for every man - who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do? View quote
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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. View quote
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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. View quote
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The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. View quote
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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. View quote
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If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States. View quote
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When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid. (Maxim Gorky)
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. View quote
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There - you say - truth! Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul. View quote
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There's a little book I'm thinking of writing - "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. View quote
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Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul. View quote
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Some one has to be kind, girl - some one has to pity people! Christ pitied everybody - and he said to us: "Go and do likewise!" I tell you - if you pity a man when he most needs it, good comes of it. View quote
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Prison teaches no good - and Siberia doesn't either - but another human being can . . . yes, a human being can teach another one kindness - very simply! View quote
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Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children. View quote
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In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere. View quote
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There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them. View quote
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You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know. (Maxim Gorky)
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. View quote
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Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. View quote
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There's a little book I'm thinking of writing - "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence. View quote
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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul. View quote
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Maxim Gorky

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Occupation: Russian Novelist
Born: March 16, 1868
Died: June 18, 1936
Quotes count: 30
Wikipedia: Maxim Gorky

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