"Hunger can explain many acts. It can be……" — Maxim Gorky
"Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger."
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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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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
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Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
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