Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.” — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“...the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we, wrapped round… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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 Gorky Copy Share Image
