Differences Quote by Maxim Gorky

“Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.”

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An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains.

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“In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.”

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You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

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“...the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we, wrapped round…

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Every new time will give its law.

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All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.

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Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.

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Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout.

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Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.

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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 hard to hear and…

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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!

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