Quotes by Maxim Gorky

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

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

"One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty."

"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."

"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."