Quote #14

Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children.

More from Maxim Gorky

  1. Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
  2. There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
  3. Lenin and Trotsky don't have any idea about freedom or human rights. They are already corrupted by dirty poison of the power, this is visib…
  4. When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
  5. In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere.
  6. When one loves somebody everything is clear- where to go, what to do- it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about…
  7. Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
  8. You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

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