Maxim Gorky Quotes & Sayings

16 most famous Maxim Gorky quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Russian novelist who passed away on 14 June, 1936.

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

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.”

“A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.”

“When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”

“Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?”