The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism. Maxim Gorky More Quotes by Maxim Gorky More Quotes From Maxim Gorky What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it. Maxim Gorky killing masters dog In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible -- such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets? Maxim Gorky fighting war children Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout. Maxim Gorky devastation chaos men Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes. Maxim Gorky growth intellectual class Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man? Maxim Gorky truth men thinking Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt Maxim Gorky ice In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere. Maxim Gorky carriages maxims past God is a complex of ideas formed by the tribe, the nation, and humanity, which awake and organize social feelings and aim to link the individual to society and to bridle the zoological individualism. Maxim Gorky humanity feelings ideas It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes. Maxim Gorky peaceful garden air Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. Maxim Gorky drink drinking writing The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles. Maxim Gorky circus horse law You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better. Maxim Gorky What is most beautiful in this world of ours has been created by man's labour, by his clever hands; all our thoughts and ideas spring from the process of labour, and this is something the history of art, science and technology convinces us of. Maxim Gorky