"But I'm not to be caught with such……" — Maxim Gorky
"But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am."
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Maxim Gorky
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51 Quotes by Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky has 51 quotes on this site.
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
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Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.
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In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
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You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
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All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I've even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim…
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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the…
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.
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Every new time will give its law.
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If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is…
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Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but…
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When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event...
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More Bait Quotes
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In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering…
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
— Robert Burton
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
— Sun Tzu
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In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable…
— Sun Tzu
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All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to…
— Sun Tzu
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Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.
— Unknown Author
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Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden…
— Kuki Gallmann
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For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
— John Milton
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Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and…
— Peter Cundall
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The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to…
— Alexander Hamilton
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An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head…
— Alexander Hamilton
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