Quote #6

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 book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence.' - Foma Gordeyev. The English music group Led Zeppelin would later name their record label 'Swan Song'.

More from Maxim Gorky

  1. Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
  2. If the enemy doesn't surrender, he shall be perished!
  3. One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.
  4. Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
  5. There- you say- truth! Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul. For instance, I knew of a man who believed in a land of righteousness. He …
  6. Every new time will give its law.
  7. Some one has to be kind, girl- some one has to pity people! Christ pitied everybody- and he said to us: 'Go and do likewise!' I tell you- i…
  8. 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.

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