--- title: "1 Purpose Torture Quotes By Maxim Gorky" description: "1 Purpose Torture quotes by Maxim Gorky. Plus more from Maxim Gorky and more Purpose Torture sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/maxim-gorky-6814_computers_when-they-tear-a-workingman-s-hand-in-a_1344172.jpg" --- > [“When they tear a workingman's hand in a machine or kill him, you can understand-- the workingman himself is at fault. But in a case like this, when they suck a man's blood out of him and throw him away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/when-they-tear-a-workingman-s-hand-in-a-machine-or-kill-him-you-can/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/maxim-gorky-6814_computers_when-they-tear-a-workingman-s-hand-in-a_1344172.jpg) ## More by Maxim Gorky > [An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/an-honest-man-is-all-right-even-if-he-s-an-idiot-but-a-crook-must/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [“In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/in-the-monotony-of-everyday-existence-grief-comes-as-a-holiday-and-a/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/you-can-t-do-without-philosophy-since-everything-has-its-hidden/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/there-s-a-little-book-i-m-thinking-of-writing-swan-song-is-what-i/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [“...the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we, wrapped round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/the-more-a-human-creature-has-tasted-of-bitter-things-the-more-it/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [Every new time will give its law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/every-new-time-will-give-its-law/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/all-human-beings-have-gray-little-souls-and-they-all-want-to-rouge/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/processing-the-human-raw-material-is-naturally-more-complicated-than/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/everywhere-within-man-and-without-there-is-devastation-instability/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/everything-which-is-good-in-me-should-be-credited-to-books/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/if-it-is-true-that-only-misfortune-can-awaken-a-man-s-soul-it-is-a/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/jail-doesn-t-teach-anyone-to-do-good-nor-siberia-but-a-man-yes-a-man/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [“He used to sit down beside her and embrace her. She was cold, returning his caresses but sparingly. Looking straight into her eyes, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/he-used-to-sit-down-beside-her-and-embrace-her-she-was-cold-returning/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) > [One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/one-word-of-praise-from-a-woman-is-dearer-to-me-than-a-whole-ode-from/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/when-one-loves-somebody-everything-is-clear-where-to-go-what-to-do-it/) [Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/purpose-torture/maxim-gorky/#itemlist", "name": "1 Purpose Torture Quotes By Maxim Gorky", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When they tear a workingman's hand in a machine or kill him, you can understand-- the workingman himself is at fault. 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